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Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights started last month and have raised growing concern among residents and officials. Part of the worry stems from the flying objects initially being spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. military research and manufacturing facility; and over President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster. Drones are legal in New Jersey for recreational and commercial use, but they are subject to local and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and flight restrictions. Operators must be FAA certified. Most, but not all, of the drones spotted in New Jersey were larger than those typically used by hobbyists. The number of sightings has increased in recent days, though officials say many of the objects seen may have been planes rather than drones. It’s also possible that a single drone has been reported more than once. Gov. Phil Murphy and law enforcement officials have stressed that the drones don’t appear to threaten public safety. The FBI has been investigating and has asked residents to share any videos, photos or other information they may have. Two Republican Jersey Shore-area congressmen, U.S. Reps. Chris Smith and Jeff Van Drew, have called on the military to shoot down the drones. Smith said a Coast Guard commanding officer briefed him on an incident over the weekend in which a dozen drones followed a motorized Coast Guard lifeboat “in close pursuit” near Barnegat Light and Island Beach State Park in Ocean County. Coast Guard Lt. Luke Pinneo told The Associated Press Wednesday “that multiple low-altitude aircraft were observed in vicinity of one of our vessels near Island Beach State Park.” The aircraft weren't perceived as an immediate threat and didn't disrupt operations, Pinneo said. The Coast Guard is assisting the FBI and state agencies in investigating. In a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Smith called for military help dealing with the drones, noting that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has the capability "to identify and take down unauthorized unmanned aerial systems.” However, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Wednesday that “our initial assessment here is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary.” Many municipal lawmakers have called for more restrictions on who is entitled to fly the unmanned devices. At least one state lawmaker proposed a temporary ban on drone flights in the state. “This is something we’re taking deadly seriously. I don’t blame people for being frustrated," Murphy said earlier this week. A spokesman for the Democratic governor said he did not attend Wednesday's meeting. Republican Assemblyman Erik Peterson, whose district includes parts of the state where the drones have been reported, said he also attended Wednesday's meeting at a state police facility in West Trenton. The session lasted for about 90 minutes. Peterson said DHS officials were generous with their time, but appeared dismissive of some concerns, saying not all the sightings reported have been confirmed to involve drones. So who or what is behind the flying objects? Where are they coming from? What are they doing? “My understanding is they have no clue,” Peterson said. A message seeking comment was left with the Department of Homeland Security. Most of the drones have been spotted along coastal areas and some were recently reported flying over a large reservoir in Clinton. Sightings also have been reported in neighboring states. James Edwards, of Succasunna, New Jersey, said he has seen a few drones flying over his neighborhood since last month. “It raises concern mainly because there's so much that's unknown,” Edwards said Wednesday. “There are lots of people spouting off about various conspiracies that they believe are in play here, but that only adds fuel to the fire unnecessarily. We need to wait and see what is really happening here, not let fear of the unknown overtake us." —— AP reporters Mike Catalini in Morrisville, Pennsylvania; and Wayne Parry in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, contributed to this report.

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Scottie Scheffler birdied every hole but the par 3s on the front nine at Albany Golf Club on Friday and finished his bogey-free round with an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Two months off did nothing to slow the world's No. 1 player. Scheffler already has eight victories this year and is in position to get another before the end of the year. Scheffler was at 13-under 131, two ahead of Akshay Bhatia (66) and Justin Thomas (67), both of whom had to save par on the 18th hole to stay in range going into the weekend. Scheffler started with a lob wedge to 2 feet for birdie and never slowed until after he went out in 29 to seize control of the holiday tournament against a 20-man field. Scheffler cooled slightly on the back nine, except it didn't feel that way to him. Editor's Picks Latest from Tiger Woods: Health, PGA Tour-PIF deal and Ryder Cup money 3d Mark Schlabach "Front nine, just things were going my way. Back nine, maybe not as much," Scheffler said. "A couple shots could end up closer to the hole, a couple putts go in, just little things." Asked if he felt any frustration he didn't take it lower -- he once shot 59 at the TPC Boston during the FedEx Cup playoffs -- Scheffler sounded bemused. "I think in this game I think a lot of all y'all are looking for perfection out of us," he said. "Today I shot 8 under on the golf course, not something I hang my head about. A lot of good things out there -- clean card, bogey-free, eight birdies. Overall, I think I'm pretty pleased." Thomas felt his 67 was stress-free, particularly the way he was driving the ball. The wind laid down again, rare for the Bahamas, though it is expected to pick up on the weekend. Thomas wasn't concerned to see Scheffler get off to a hot start, especially with three par 5s on the front nine and a short par 4 that at worst leaves a flip wedge to the green. "You literally can birdie every hole as soft as the greens are," Thomas said. "He's a great player, a great wedge player, and you have a lot of birdie holes to start. I'm honestly surprised he only shot 8 under. It's a sneaky course because if you fall asleep on some shots, you can get out of position. But if you're on and focused and really in control of everything -- like these last two days with no wind -- you can just make so many birdies." Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley had a 67 and was four shots behind. No matter how benign the conditions, it wasn't always easy. Cameron Young , who opened with a 64 for a two-shot lead, followed with a 75 despite making five birdies. That included a double bogey on the final hole when his approach tumbled down the bank into the rocks framing the lake that goes all the way down the 18th hole. Patrick Cantlay was trying to keep pace playing alongside Scheffler, but he had three bogeys over the final seven holes and fell seven shots behind with a 71. The tournament, hosted by Tiger Woods , is unofficial but offers world ranking points to all but the bottom three players because of the small field. It's the weakest field in 25 years, but Scheffler at No. 1 gives it enough cachet. He is the first player since Woods in 2009 to start and finish a year at No. 1 in the world. And even after a layoff -- giving him time to tinker with a new putting stroke -- it looks like it might be a while before anyone changes that.

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RUSSELL MARTIN has told under-fire refs’ chief Howard Webb: You need to be more honest to make VAR a success. Southampton became the latest Premier League club to criticise PGMOL, in the wake of the David Coote scandal , following two controversial decisions in the 2-0 loss at Wolves this month. Former top-flight whistler Mark Halsey called for an independent investigation into the referees’ body with the state of top-flight officiating at “an all-time low”. The panel that reviews PGMOL decisions claimed VAR made only TWO mistakes this season, before Webb later admitted awarding West Ham a penalty against Manchester United last month was also wrong. But Saints boss Martin , who held a meeting with Webb during the international break, said: “If we’re going to improve VAR and make it better, we need to have real honesty and accountability.” Martin was left frustrated after a Ryan Manning goal against Wolves was ruled out before Matheus Cunha put the hosts two up with an effort that he felt should have been chalked off. READ MORE TOP STORIES He added: “I still have an issue with our goal and a foul on the second goal. I also have an issue with them coming out and saying it was a correct decision ultimately. “For it to come out as a correct decision in the match review is frustrating to me.” Saints join fellow promoted sides Ipswich and Leicester as well as Wolves themselves in fuming over controversial decisions given against them this season. Martin said: “We’ve been told a few times on decisions we’ve been on the wrong end of that it has to be a clear and obvious error. Most read in Football EXCLUSIVE by Martin Lipton NO referees or match officials have ever been tested for drugs - as David Coote’s apparent “cocaine shame” is set to end his career. While all players and other athletes in British sport are subject to drug testing rules, including post-match and out of competition action, the regulations do not apply to match officials. That is the case globally across not just football and throughout the world rather than only in the UK. All sports follow the World Anti-Doping Authority code, aimed at preventing athletes gaining an advantage by using performance-enhancing substances. The Wada banned list also includes recreational drugs . But the Wada provisions, also followed by UK Anti Doping, which conducts tests across British sport, makes no reference to match officials. UKAD explains: “Any UK athlete subject to the anti-doping rules of their sport and non-UK athlete staying, training, residing, entering a competition, "Or named as a member of a team participating in a competition at any level within the UK is eligible for testing as part of UKAD’s national anti-doping programme. “Any athlete eligible for testing can be tested anytime, anywhere.” But the regulations do not apply to match officials - because of the “performance enhancing” provision of the world code. The PGMOL have revealed they are aware of the video of him sniffing a white powder. They told The Sun: "We aware of the allegations and are taking them very seriously. David Coote remains suspended pending a full investigation. "David’s welfare continues to be of utmost importance to us and we are committed to providing him with the ongoing necessary support he needs through this period. "We are not in a position to comment further at this stage." “Ryan’s goal is open to interpretation. It’s the wrong decision because it’s not a clear and obvious error. We are going to disagree on that forever. “For the second goal, they should take longer on analysing the foul from Craig Dawson because it’s a foul. “I don’t want to be moaning about decisions all the time. “I’d love to go back to human error and balance out over the season. “But if you still make a mistake after that process it becomes even more frustrating.” PGMOL chiefs confirmed yesterday that they have yet to conclude their investigation into suspended Coote. The shamed 42-year-old made derogatory comments in an X-rated video rant at ex-Reds boss Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool . A PGMOL statement read: “We’re following an internal process and taking the allegations into David’s conduct very seriously as part of our ongoing thorough investigation. “Whilst David remains suspended, his welfare continues to be important to us and he is aware of the support network available to him.” The FA have launched their own probe into Coote, while Uefa also suspended and are investigating the Nottinghamshire ref after footage emerged of him appearing to sniff white powder in a hotel at Euro 2024. Leicester boss Steve Cooper joked his dad — former top referee Keith — would show him the red card if he gave his opinion on Coote’s suspension. Asked if the revelations about Coote would knock managers’ confidence in referees, Cooper replied: “I can’t go into that.” He then joked: “I’m more worried about what my dad would say to me if I answered that!” Martin added: “Referee are humans. They all make mistakes the same way we do. My trust probably eroded a bit more after the decision at Wolves than it did in watching a human make a mistake on a camera. “Let’s have a bit of compassion and understanding. I’m sure he’s feeling very upset and embarrassed about it. “What they do outside of their football career as a referee really has no impact in how much I trust them.” Brentford boss Thomas Frank said: “We need to think about the pressure on the referees. READ MORE SUN STORIES "No player or manager gets as much abuse on the pitch as a ref does – that’s crazy. “It’s like the mental bin where we get all our anger out and then go, ‘Ah, we feel good.’ It shouldn’t be like that.”

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By HALELUYA HADERO, Associated Press Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period. The Teamsters said the workers, who voted to authorize strikes in recent days, joined picket lines after Amazon ignored a Sunday deadline the union set for contract negotiations. The union called it the largest strike against the company in U.S. history, although Amazon said it did not expect the labor action to impact its operations. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters claims it represents nearly 10,000 workers at 10 Amazon facilities, a small portion of the 800,000 workers employed in the company’s U.S. warehouses. The union hasn’t said how many workers would participate in the strike or how long the walkout would last. “Amazon is pushing its workers closer to the picket line by failing to show them the respect they have earned,” Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said in a statement. The strikes happening Thursday are taking place at seven delivery stations, which are run by contractors who drop off of packages to customers everyday. They include three locations in Southern California, and one each in New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, and Skokie, Illinois, according to the union’s announcement. The biggest warehouse affiliated with the Teamsters is located in the New York City borough of Staten Island. In 2022, thousands of workers at the warehouse, known as JFK8, voted to be represented by the nascent Amazon Labor Union. Workers then choose to affiliate with the Teamsters this past summer. The National Labor Relations Board certified that election to unionize, but Amazon has refused to bargain on a contract. In the process, the company has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the labor board. At the other six facilities, employees – including many delivery drivers – unionized with the Teamsters by demonstrating majority support but without holding government-administered elections. Under labor law, companies can recognize unions without elections being held, but the practice is rare, said John Logan, director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University. Amazon workers in more locations are “prepared to join” the fight, the Teamsters said, noting that employees at the Staten Island warehouse and at a company air hub in California also have authorized strikes. When asked about the strike Thursday, Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said: “What you see here are almost entirely outsiders, not Amazon employees or partners, and the suggestion otherwise is just another lie from the Teamsters.” “The truth is that they were unable to get enough support from our employees and partners and have brought in outsiders to come and harass and intimidate our team, which is inappropriate and dangerous,” Nantel said. Amazon has said it does not consider delivery drivers like the ones on strike to be its employees. Under the company’s business model, the drivers work for third-party businesses, called Delivery Service Partners, who deliver millions of packages daily. Amazon has accused the union, which says it represents some of the drivers, of “intentionally” misleading the public. “This is another attempt to push a false narrative,” Nantel said. But the Teamsters have argued Amazon essentially controls everything the drivers do and should be classified as an employer. Some U.S. labor regulators have sided with the union in filings made before the NLRB. In September, Amazon boosted pay for the drivers amid the growing pressure. Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rose more than 2.4% by midday Thursday. Extra News Alerts Get breaking updates as they happen. Be civil. Be kind.

Terror gangs under the banner of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), jumping off from their territory in the northwestern Idlib province, have sliced through embattled Syrian army and entered Aleppo in a surprise coordinated attack as 14 month long devastating war in neighbouring Gaza rages on with no end in sight. Al Qaeda affiliated HTS had remained in control of Idlib province for years under Turkish protection and in the latest push group has reached the center of Aleppo, reports said Saturday. Syrian army had only taken Aleppo back from rebels in a battle during the summer of 2016 with the help of Lebanese Hezbollah. The operations were launched with meticulous coordination among different factions of Islamist groups, focusing on strategic targets. Although the timing of the attacks was unexpected, evidence suggests that preparations had been underway for months, bolstered by advanced weaponry. Armed drones and other sophisticated tools played a pivotal role, enabling rebels to secure rapid territorial gains into Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city. Notably, the operations set aside internal factional disputes, presenting a rare display of unified military coordination. The Syrian military said it was “confronting terrorist organizations” and claimed to have inflicted “heavy losses” on the groups since Wednesday. Some analysts describe Aleppo offensive nearly the equivalent of October 7 for Israel. “But Syria has none of the advantages that Israel enjoyed in stabilizing the situation after the attack, going on the offensive, and pulverizing Hamas,” wrote Steven Simon in ‘Responsible Statecraft’. “Although there are rumors of Russian airstrikes against rebels, the fact is that the Russians are stretched thin by their war against Ukraine and will find it hard to maintain support for Damascus. And there will be little help from either Iran or Lebanese Hezbollah. Tehran lacks the means and whatever it can muster will be in Israel’s gunsights very quickly. And Hezbollah is reeling from Israel’s recent offensive and couldn’t mobilize the fighters needed to get heavily equipped Al Qaeda affiliates out of Aleppo let alone reach Aleppo on the ground”, according to Simon. The surprise Al-Qaeda offensive came after series of Israeli strikes on Syria just before a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect Wednesday morning. Former Israeli intelligence official and advisor on Arab affairs Avi Melamed said frequent Israeli air strikes on Iran-controlled forces and bases in Syria will not stop even after the recent ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Since 2017, Israel has conducted hundreds of air strikes to contain Iran’s presence and shipment of arms to Hezbollah. IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a press conference Wednesday night that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime would pay for aiding Hezbollah signifying Israel frustration with government in Damascus. Observers believe that shifting Israeli focus on Syria means Damascus has refused to snap supply link from Iran to Beirut. In his speech on the eve of ceasefire with Hezbollah Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Bashar Assad was “playing with fire,” citing its continued military support for Hezbollah. Significantly senior Iranian military adviser in Syria, Brigadier General Kioumars Pourhashemi,was killed in Aleppo on the eve of rebel offensive. General Kioumars was senior most Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander to die in rebel attack in recent years. More than 500 Iranian military commanders have been killed in Syria so far many of them in Israeli raids. The killing of Iranian general this week underscores continued Iranian presence in the Arab country which it considers crucial part of axis and a lifeline for Hezbollah and other resistance groups. Syrian link attains more significance to replenish Hezbollah which has been battered by a ferocious Israeli aerial and ground campaign in Lebanon after it decided to join war against Israel in support of Gaza. Hezbollah which was credited for helping foil plans to topple friendly Syrian government, is now significantly weakened, with most of its leaders assassinated. In a call with his Syrian counterpart to discuss the escalation, the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi accused the United States and Israel of “reactivating” the rebels, and stressed the continued support of Iran to the Syrian government and army. Analysts say the rebels are using a vacuum left by a weakened Hezbollah to advance in Syria. “The rebels see an opportunity to test the front lines with Hezbollah weakened, a pressured Iran and a Russia busy with Ukraine,” according to Nanar Hawach, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group. Iran and Russia have for more than a decade supplied forces and arms to help Syrian government to deal with terror funded and supported by West and its local allies. Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan has supported rebel groups and has deployed Turkish forces to retain command over the rebel-held strongholds of northern Syria. According to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi the flare-up in Syria was part of a US and Israeli “plan to disrupt the stability and security of the region.” These developments indicate that the Syrian conflict may be entering a new phase of escalation. The rebel offensive may act as a leverage to potentially compell President Assad and his allies to reconsider their military and political strategies. A report meanwhile said Israeli intelligence officials were in a huddle to gauge the regional ramifications, and the potential domino effect of rebel advances could trigger across the Middle East. One scenario under consideration, according to the Jerusalem Post, involves Hezbollah moving forces and weaponry from Israeli border to Syria to bolster Assad government. Long term goal is to break Axis of Resistance developed as a unity of fronts strategy to engulf Israel.

Curtis Jones one of five Liverpool stars sharpened by Arne Slot and his new adventurous Total Football philosophyNo. 22 St. John's, Georgia pack busy schedule with game on SundayAs a British investor, the first place I think about when buying shares is the . Over the past five years, the flagship index has gone up 12%. Not bad. Then again, not that good. After all, across the pond, the index has soared during the same period. Sure, that index has benefitted from strong performance by a few specific tech shares. But even the – a closer equivalent to the Footsie in terms of the mix of companies – is up in that period. That gives me pause to thought. As an investor from Blighty, ought I to be buying more shares in the S&P 500? I think there are some good reasons for me to consider it — but also some counterarguments. Here is one pro and one con I see when it comes to me buying into S&P 500 shares. Going where the big growth opportunities are This week saw strong results from UK software group , sending its share price soaring. But that also got me thinking about how few options there are as an investor . Sage is a tech company — but not exactly at the cutting edge of market growth opportunities. It supplies accountancy software to small- and medium-sized businesses. Even after its strong performance this week, the company’s market capitalisation is under £13bn. Still, an investor who bought into Sage five years ago would be sitting on a 74% return. But compare that to a tech share I own from the S&P 500, namely ( ) ( ). Its market-cap is over $2 (around £1.6trn). Over five years, Alphabet’s performance has trounced that of Sage. The Alphabet share price has soared in that period. Those are just two examples, but I think they point to a larger conclusion. The S&P 500 is stuffed full of tech shares I think are at the cutting edge of innovation. Alphabet has a cash cow in the form of its search business, though I see a risk of market share loss to platforms like as well as regulatory concerns, perhaps ultimately forcing a breakup of the group. But it is also involved in a host of other areas, from its own short form video rival to (on YouTube) to self-driving vehicles and balloon-based Internet connectivity. Such a breadth of tech innovation from a large, proven business is simply far easier to find among S&P 500 members than on the London exchange. Investing like Warren Buffett But as British retailers from to have found to their expense, the US can be a difficult market to crack. Firms like Alphabet are US-based multinationals. So I think investing in them benefits from an understanding of the US market, from its regulatory environment to Stateside . Like , I like to stick to what I can understand when buying shares. So while I am willing to invest in some S&P 500 enterprises, my comfort zone is hunting for bargains in the market I best understand. Fortunately, right now, I think a lot of UK shares are more attractively valued than their US counterparts!

While the Christmas celebrations have barely kicked off, a slew of big-name retailers have already launched their Boxing Day sales. Numerous items are likely to top wishlists with substantial deals, including Dyson hair gadgets, luxury perfumes and more. With the first Black Friday deals for 2024 being unveiled a full 32 days ahead of the shopping extravaganza, bargain hunters might have anticipated a few key brands to take a gamble early with some pre-Christmas deals for last-minute shopping. However, as of this morning, a number of major retailers have initiated some of the biggest deals of the year so far, including Dyson, Ninja, Shark, Debenhams, Oodie, Ugg and Roman, with some discounts matching or surpassing the November sales. Shoppers can not only indulge in a range of essentials and nice-to-haves, but also seize the opportunity to bag hefty savings on last-minute gifts for family or friends if they're okay with waiting for delivery. Here's our selection of some of the biggest deals so far. Dyson If you've got your sights set on high-powered hair gadgets, they are the standout deal in Dyson's Boxing Day sale, alongside heaters, air purifiers and of course the iconic vacuums that started it all. In the beauty department, limited edition colours and complimentary extras with purchase are available for a host of their bestsellers. You can also get £70 off the Dyson Airstrait and £50 off the Supersonic hairdryer , reports Wales Online . If you're planning to start your spring cleaning early for 2025, there's a massive £170 off the Gen5Detect vacuum while their entry level V8 model is £120 off, bringing it down to £209.99. Ninja The kitchen gadget experts are wrapping up a busy year with dozens of new products in the sale. While not all the discounts are better-than-Black Friday, there's still savings of up to £90 on many of their best-loved air fryers and multi-cookers. The Ninja Air Fryer is £70 and the Ninja Double Stack 2-Drawer Air Fryer (£199) comes with freebies thrown in including a recipe book and plates. Shoppers are also rushing to pick up some of their lower ticket items, including knife blocks, kettles (including this one which is now at its lowest ever price) and travel bottles reduced by 33% to £19.99. Shark Shark has cut up to £150 off some of its most popular vacuum models in its Boxing Day sale. This includes high-powered robot and pet hair models. The WandVac cordless vacuum, adored by Mrs Hinch, which sold out on Black Friday, is not only back in stock but also reduced to £99.99, saving a massive £80. Beauty enthusiasts can also rejoice with deals on the brand's SpeedStyle hairdryer and SmoothStyle hot brush, as well as a discount on the trendy Wicked-themed FlexStyle multi-tool, now down to £229.99. 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A pair of teams with minimal rest will face off in Nassau, Bahamas, on Sunday when No. 22 St. John takes on Georgia. St. John's (5-1), which will play its third game in four days, began the stretch in the Bahamas Championship on Thursday, dropping a heartbreaker to No. 13 Baylor. The Red Storm led by 18 in the first half before Baylor forced overtime. From there, St. John's rallied from five down with 1:47 left to send the game to a second overtime, where it saw Baylor knock down a pair of 3-pointers in the final seven seconds -- including Jeremy Roach's buzzer-beater -- to knock off the Red Storm 99-98. In the third-place game on Friday, St. John's breezed past Virginia 80-55. RJ Luis Jr. led the way with 18 points and four steals, followed by Kadary Richmond's 12 points, as the Red Storm took a one-point lead with 15:21 left in the first half and didn't trail again. "I'm really impressed with our guys, coming off a double-overtime, extremely emotional loss," St. John's head coach Rick Pitino said. "To respond that way was extremely impressive, both offensively and defensively." Pitino, in his second year with the Red Storm, was moved by something off the court on Friday, involving captain Zuby Ejiofor, who chipped in eight points, nine boards, two steals and two blocks. Ejiofor was serenaded by St. John's fans during the win, following his two missed free throws at the end of double overtime against Baylor. "When you've only been in a job for a year, you search for things you love about a place," Pitino said. "Tonight I found out what I love about St. John's. Our fans chanted Zuby's name the whole game, which doesn't happen anywhere else in America. I was really impressed with our fans and I thank them for making Zuby feel good, because he gives you all the energy." Luis leads the Red Storm with 17.3 points per game, followed by Ejiofor (10.7), Aaron Scott (10.5), Deivon Smith (10.3) and Richmond (10.2). Georgia enters Sunday's matchup looking to rebound from its first loss after falling to No. 15 Marquette 80-69 on Saturday. Georgia (5-1) battled back from a 15-point, second-half deficit, but was held to just three points over the final 4:57 in Saturday's loss. Blue Cain led the Bulldogs with a season-high 17 points, including five 3-pointers. "It's a process. It's a journey with this team," Bulldogs head coach Mike White said. "It's about continuing to make strides, continuing to protect our culture. ... At the end of the day, wins and losses are going to take care of themselves. We just have to embrace the process and enjoy it." Five-star freshman recruit Asa Newell was held to a season-low nine points but leads the team with 15.5 points per game. Silas Demary Jr. is second with 13.8. --Field Level Media

Nagpur: The permission granted by the state govt allowing wine, beer shops and country liquor outlets to operate till 1am, and bar and permit rooms to serve customers till 5am for New Year's celebrations has presented a challenge for the city police who now need to step up anti-accident measures on the road. The extension in timing for wine, beer shops and beer bars is not only expected to bring cheers among revellers but also generate crores in revenue for the state exchequer overnight. CP Ravinder Singal has prepared a security blueprint for New Year's Eve. The traffic police would play a key role and plan to intensify the drive against drunk driving. SP (state excise), Surajkumar Ramod, stated that revellers organising ‘social gatherings' also need to seek permits for holding such celebrations, even if they are not on a commercial scale and are limited to a small group. "The state excise department is appealing to revellers to procure liquor permits to avoid legal hassles in case there is a check or raid. Commercial ventures and celebrations venue are required to procure permits for stocking, selling and consuming liquor, as per the various norms, before the New Year's celebration. Similarly, groups engaging in social gatherings with smaller numbers of revellers are also required to do the same," said Ramod. Registration and permit services are available online. DCP (Traffic) Archit Chandak said that around 450 cops from his unit will man the city along with the local police. "We are setting up anti-liquor checks at around 30 places in the city. Around 30 breath analysers have been procured to check drunk driving," said Chandak, adding that the cops will also be equipped with body cameras, and any unruly behaviour will be captured directly for stringent actions. "We will also ensure that violators pay the Rs10,000 fine for drunk driving," said Chandak.

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — Bryson Daily tied the American Athletic Conference record for single-season touchdowns and threw for a season-high 190 yards and a score to lift No. 25 Army to a 29-24 win over UTSA on Saturday. Army (10-1) finished the regular season 8-0 in the AAC and earned the right to host the championship game on Friday. Daily rushed for 147 yards, his academy-record ninth straight 100-yard game, and two touchdowns. Casey Larkin sealed Army’s 10th victory of the season, picking off Owen McCown at the Black Knights’ 10 with 1:14 left. “It was a great team win,” Daily said. “It was great to see the defense plays their hearts out like they’ve done all season. We knew a close game (at home) was coming at some point this season. That was today. I’m just proud of the fight that our guys showed.” Army won its 10th game for the fourth time in program history and third time in Jeff Monken’s 11 years. The Black Knights had outscored their opponents 188-62 in their first five home wins. “To be playing in the conference championship game in the first year is a little improbable,” Monken said. “It’s not something you anticipate. “I’m glad we joined the conference. It’s awesome to be in this position and have a chance to play for the conference championship. That’s not something you take for granted." Army’s defense rose to the challenges all afternoon. Kalib Fortner and Chance Keith combined to stop Brandon High short on 4th-and-1 from UTSA’s 16 on the first play of the fourth quarter. Five plays later, Bryson Daily scored his 24th touchdown of the season from one yard out to give Army a 22-17 lead. Collin Matteson picked off McCown for his first career interception with 11:17 left in the game. Daily scored his conference-tying 25th rushing touchdown, a 42-yard run on the second play following Matteson’s pick with 10:26 remaining in the game UTSA (6-6) fell to 0-6 away from the Alamodome. The Roadrunners opened the second half with McCown’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Devin McCuin on fourth down to take 17-13 lead with10:13left in the third quarter. Army senior kicker Trey Gronotte made a career-high three field goals. Gronotte’s 35-yard kick tied the game at 10-10 as time expired in the first half. Daily capped a 13-play, 75-yard drive with a 41-yard touchdown pass to running back Tyrell Robinson on the game’s opening drive with 7:30remaining in the first quarter. Robinson, a fifth-year senior, scored his first touchdown of the season and 14th in his career. UTSA answered with a touchdown on its first possession, a 10-yard run by Brandon High. High added a 6-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Get local news delivered to your inbox!SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellation Network, a Web3 ecosystem validated by the US Department of Defense, today announced the launch of a customized blockchain developed in partnership with the Common Crawl Foundation, to create the industry's first cryptographically secure, immutable archive of internet data for AI training and development. The collaboration introduces a new approach to validating and securely accessing 17 years of internet crawl data-spanning nearly 9 petabytes which 80% of Large Language Models (LLMs) use to train AI-through an immutable, cryptographically secured blockchain network built on Constellation. This innovative application-specific network, or Metagraph, addresses pressing concerns in AI development while exploring vast new use cases for blockchain technology in emerging industries: data provenance, privacy, and ethical sourcing. Furthermore, the network will utilize Constellation's DAG utility asset to secure the archived internet crawls. This represents a significant advancement in utilizing cryptocurrency as a mechanism for businesses to notarize data, shifting the focus from consumer costs or gas fees typical of many other layer-one networks to an operational expense. Key Technological Innovations Industry Applications The blockchain-enabled data archive is already attracting attention from advanced AI research initiatives. TraceAI, a project developed through the National Science Foundation (NSF) and SBIR program, is in testing stages in the development of their own application-specific network, built on Constellation, to add immutability, auditability, and proof of authorship to its training models and to develop advanced watermarking technologies. TraceAI will also leverage Common Crawl's Constellation-built solution to further extend their work in blockchain encrypted AI to include tracking the source origin of data. Kevin Jackson, Vice President of Space Domain Communications & Commercialization for Forward EdgeAI, emphasizes the significance of this breakthrough: "This represents the natural evolution of AI and machine learning model development-transforming data management from a technical challenge to a trusted business tool that drives global standardization and verification." Looking Forward Over the coming months, Constellation Network and Common Crawl Foundation will work together to expand on solution sets for AI developers and further integrate the distribution of the cryptographically validated access to the crawl as part of the standard release process. "For users of the Crawl who are concerned about the provenance of the data, especially those using it for AI models, Constellation and their hypergraph blockchain provides an elegant solution”, said Rich Skrenta, Executive Director of the Common Crawl, "we are looking forward to adding the ability to securely validate the crawl as part of our standard distribution by partnering with Constellation”. Evidence of this integration can be found on Constellation's transaction viewer, called the "DAG explorer,” and developers can get started using verified historical crawls for AI applications. Please follow along for further solutions to be developed by Constellation, Forward Edge-AI, and Common Crawl. About Constellation Network Constellation is a leading blockchain network advancing innovation through on-chain data security, partnering with critical global stakeholders, including the U.S. Department of Defense, to deliver transformative, next-generation technologies. About Common Crawl Foundation The Common Crawl Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing a copy of the internet to the public, free of charge. Their web archive consists of petabytes of data collected over years of web crawling, serving as a critical resource for researchers, businesses, and developers worldwide. About Forward Edge-AI Forward Edge-AI is at the forefront of a revolution in responsible and inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the betterment of humanity. Since its foundation in 2019, our goal is to become the dominant player in Artificial Intelligence and lead the revolution in augmenting edge technology with human intelligence. About Common Crawl Foundation Contact Email: [email protected] Website: https://constellationnetwork.io/ Twitter: https://x.com/conste11ation GitHub: https://github.com/Constellation-Labs/tessellation DAG Explorer: https://mainnet.dagexplorer.io/ Contact Dagnum PI [email protected] A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aed92cb9-444b-4b50-9a0b-5ee1889af9ea

QNA DOHA: United Development Company (UDC), the master developer of The Pearl and Gewan Islands, has been honoured with three prestigious awards at the Abu Dhabi Maritime Awards 2024, during a ceremony held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). The awards comprised three categories; mainly most popular maritime award (public vote) silver award, sustainability silver award and innovation bronze award. The Pearl Island Marina, which opened in 2007 and stretches across almost five kilometers of boardwalk, is the largest maritime facility in the region. Its operational excellence, commitment to technological advancement, innovation, and sustainable practices were key factors in its receipt of the Abu Dhabi Maritime Awards. These accolades celebrate UDC's outstanding contributions to the development of The Pearl Island Marina, a state-of-the-art facility that has become a premier hub for yachting and marine activities in the Middle East. The awards solidify UDC's leadership in technological advance, innovation and sustainable maritime management. Additionally, UDC collaborates with Monaco Marina Management to enhance The Pearl Island Marina's world-class yachting services and facilities, working towards securing the prestigious La Belle Classe Destinations label from the Yacht Club de Monaco. Island Marina plays a vital role in UDC's broader sustainability efforts, aligned with Qatar's Vision 2030 sustainability Development Goals set by United Nations, which focuses on sustainable economic and social development. UDC's commitment to preserving marine ecosystems, maintaining clean waters, and supporting marine species was instrumental in earning international recognition. The recognition at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Maritime Awards underscores UDC's ongoing commitment to excellence in marina management, sustainability, and innovation. The company remains dedicated to enhancing The Pearl Island Marina's offerings and continuing to set new standards for the marina and yachting industry both regionally and globally. Copy 30/11/2024 10

J&K leaders flay termination of two govt employeesCleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) & DeFi Technologies (OTC:DEFTF) Financial AnalysisEskom extended the deadline to upgrade prepaid meters but customers will be required to buy electricity tokens by Saturday to make their meters key revision number 2 (KRN2) compliant. Thousands of residents continued to queue outside Eskom sites on Saturday to get assistance in upgrading their prepaid meters in an attempt to meet the initial Sunday deadline. But the power utility announced it will extend the deadline for zero buyers with active meters, said Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena. “A technological breakthrough has enabled Eskom to pre-create key change tokens (KCT) on its online vending system. Zero buyers in this situation need to go to their legal vending sites with their meter numbers to buy electricity. They will be issued with their KCT by the vending agents to make their meters KRN2 compliant.” She said purchasing such tokens should be done before Sunday to trigger the activation of meters in KRN2 mode. “Once the meter has been activated by the purchase of electricity, the customer can visit any of the Eskom sites to complete the conversion process. The final step can be completed after [Sunday].” Earlier this week, minister of electricity and energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reiterated that meters using the KRN1 system would no longer accept electricity tokens. He said more than 2.1-million people had still not migrated to the new system and stood the risk of not having electricity after the deadline. To verify if your meter is ready: TimesLIVE Would you like to comment on this article? Register (it's quick and free) or sign in now. Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t alone. Yet he was behind the first telegraph key and improved other parts of the fledgling telegraph system. The story starts in 1837 when Vail visited his old school, New York University, and attended one of Morse’s early telegraph experiments. His family owned Speedwell Ironworks, and he was an experienced machinist. Sensing an opportunity, he arranged with Morse to take a 25% interest in the technology, and in return, Vail would produce the necessary devices at the Ironworks. Vail split his interest with his brother George. By 1838, a two-mile cable carried a signal from the Speedwell Ironworks. Morse and Vail demonstrated the system to President Van Buren and members of Congress. In 1844, Congress awarded Morse $30,000 to build a line from Washington to Baltimore. That was the same year Morse sent the famous message “What Hath God Wrought?” Who received and responded to that message? Alfred Vail. Telegraphs were first proposed in the late 1700s, using 26 wires, one for each letter of the alphabet. Later improvements by Wheatstone and Cooke reduced the number of wires to five, but that still wasn’t very practical. Samuel Morse, an artist by trade, was convinced he could reduce the number of wires to one. By 1832, he had a crude prototype using a homemade battery and a relatively weak Sturgeon electromagnet. Morse’s original plan for code was based on how semaphore systems worked. Messages would appear in a dictionary, and each message would be assigned a number. The telegraph produced an inked line on a paper strip like a ticker tape. By counting the dips in the line, you could reconstruct the digits and then look up the message in the dictionary. Morse’s partners, Vail and a professor named Gale, didn’t get their names on the patents, and for the most part, the partners didn’t take any credit — Vail’s contract with Morse did specify that Vail’s work would benefit Morse. However, there is evidence that Vail came up with the dot/dash system and did much of the work of converting the hodgepodge prototype into a reliable and manufacturable system. For example, Morse’s telegraph used a pencil to mark paper, while Vail used a steel-pointed pen. The sending key was also Vail’s work, along with other improvements to the receiving apparatus (we’ve seen some nice of this key). As you may have noticed, the length of Morse code characters is inversely proportional to their frequency in English. That is, “E,” a common letter, is much shorter than a “Z,” which is far less common. Supposedly, Vail went to a local newspaper and used the type cases as a guide for letter frequencies. It is worth noting that the code in question isn’t the one we use today. It was “American Morse Code” which was used most often by railroads. The modern International Morse Code is somewhat similar, but several differences exist. The most notable is that dashes are not always the same length. An L is a “long dash,” and a zero is an even longer dash (you occasionally hear this as shorthand on the ham bands if the sender uses a straight key). In addition, some letters use longer than normal spaces. For example, the letters “A” and “B” are exactly like modern code, but the letter “C” is two dots, a double space, and another dot. An “O” is a dot, a double space, and another dot. The gaps and different lengths caused problems with long cables, which led to Friedrich Gerke developing a derivative code in 1848. His code is essentially what we use today and uses a fixed length for dots, dashes, and spaces. There is one exception. The original Gerke code used the long-dash zero. Most of the letters in the International code are the same as the ones in the Gerke code, although when International Morse was codified in 1865, there were a few changes to some letters and numbers. The telegraph was a huge success. By 1854, around 23,000 miles of lines were in operation. Western Union formed in 1851, and by 1866, there was a trans-Atlantic cable. Vail, however, was not a huge success. Morse took on an influential congressman as a partner and cut Vail’s shares in half. That left the Vail brothers with 12.5% of the profits. In 1848, Vail was disillusioned with his $ 900-a-year salary for running the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company. He wrote to Morse: He died less than 11 years later, in 1859. Other than researching genealogy, we didn’t find much about what he did in those years. Like most inventions, you can’t just point to one person who made the leap alone. In addition to Vail and his assistant William Baxter, Joseph Henry (the inductor guy) created practical that were essential to the operation of the telegraph. In fact, he demonstrated how an electromagnet could ring a bell at a distance, which is really all you need for a telegraph, so he has some claim, too. Part of the Speedwell Ironworks is now . It might not be a coincidence that the U.S. Army Signal Corps school was located in New Jersey at Camp Alfred Vail in 1919. Camp Alfred Vail would later become Fort Monmouth and was the home to the Signal Corps until the 1970s. These old wired telegraphs made instead of a beep. Of course, wired telegraphs would give way to radio, and telegraphy of all kinds would mostly succumb to digital modes. However, you can still find the occasional .

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'The Five' react to President-elect Donald Trump's rounds with the media following the election. The end of the year is a natural time to look back on the previous 12 months, and 2024 was one for the political record books. Having been left for dead politically and survived multiple actual assassination attempts, President-elect Trump completed an unthinkable comeback. He stands on the precipice of re-assuming the presidency in a manner few could have envisioned four years ago. While the president-elect is 2024’s obvious winner, he is not the only one. Here are three others. JD Vance The "Hillbilly Elegy " author started the year as a freshman senator from Ohio and ends it as the clear frontrunner for the 2028 presidential nomination. Former President Trump's family joins him onstage as balloons fall after his speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 18, 2024. (Reuters/Brian Snyder) Of course, a lot can happen in four years, and serving as second-in-command to Trump can be unpredictable (just ask Mike Pence), but there’s no doubt that the Buckeye State senator’s stock has soared. DE FACTO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF SHUTDOWN THREAT WAS A MASTERCLASS Along the way, Vance demonstrated his political nimbleness and acumen. He overcame his past criticism of Trump to win the coveted veepstakes against a field of formidable opponents. He put to rest lingering questions about his one and only run for Senate in which he ran behind the rest of the ticket in ruby red Ohio. Vance’s steady, warm and likable presence in the vice-presidential debate, which came on the heels of Trump’s choppy performance against Vice President Kamala Harris , helped give undecided voters the permission structure to pull the lever for the GOP ticket. President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the 125th Army-Navy football game at Northwest Stadium on Dec. 14, 2024, in Landover, Maryland. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) At only 40 years old and fluent in the language of the modern GOP, Vance is in the catbird seat for the foreseeable future. STUNNING NEW DATA SHOWS VOTERS WERE RIGHT TO QUESTION BIDEN-HARRIS JOB NUMBERS Dave McCormick In 2022, McCormick came up a whisker short in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. Of more than 1.3 million votes cast in the primary, McCormick was a mere 951 votes behind Dr. Mehmet Oz, who went on to lose to John Fetterman in the general. Fast-forward two years, McCormick is now the senator-elect from the Keystone State. He didn’t just win a Senate seat and pad the Republican majority. By ousting Democratic Sen. Bob Casey , he ended a political dynasty that stretched back to the 1960s to the outgoing senator’s father, who served as governor and state auditor. TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER In his campaign, McCormick led the charge against the Democratic opposition to fracking, a process involved in Pennsylvania’s thriving natural gas industry, that became headaches for Democrats everywhere. By Election Day, both Casey and Harris had been forced to renounce their previous opposition to fracking, which just a few years prior had been a rallying cry from Democrats everywhere as part of their extreme and misguided green agenda. With the oil and gas industry supporting nearly half a million Pennsylvania jobs, Casey’s election year conversion was undermined by his 17-year voting record, but McCormick deserves credit for taking the fight to the incumbent. Similar to 2016 and 2020, Pennsylvania was the lynchpin battleground state at the presidential level. With its 19 electoral votes, the commonwealth is poised to remain at the center of the action in the years ahead. Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks during a campaign event at restaurant in Pennsylvania. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Common Sense & Political Gravity During the Biden presidency, voters were routinely told not to believe their lying eyes. Prices weren’t that high, and inflation was transitory. The border was secure and President Biden’s stamina could compete with "anyone, on any day of the week." Managing to deliver a State of the Union address without falling on his face was held up as an example of Biden’s ability to serve in the most powerful job in the world for another four years. Then came the jaw-dropping June debate in Atlanta when the façade ended. On the bright lights of the debate stage and away from his handlers, the country saw a diminished commander in chief seemingly unable to deliver a coherent sentence . The president tried his best to hold on, but by the next month, even his fellow Democrats had seen enough. Biden was gone from the race, but questions remained about those who orchestrated the cover-up, not just among his staff but the White House press corps responsible for holding the president accountable. President Biden faced intense calls for him to step aside following a disastrous debate performance. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fittingly, 2024 ends with Annie Linskey and her colleagues at the Wall Street Journal who sounded the alarm on Biden’s condition with their June story headlined "Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping," publishing a jaw-dropping follow-up expose, titled, "How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge." Unlike the June story, which was attacked by Democratic partisans like "Morning Joe" as "false and biased" and by the White House as an "utter editorial fail," the latest installment was greeted with resignation that Biden still has another month at the helm. Just as the year 2024 will be studied by political science classes for years to come, these three winners are poised to remain major players well into the future. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM COLIN REED Colin Reed is a Republican strategist, former campaign manager for Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and co-founder of South and Hill Strategies.TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bucky Irving isn’t choosy. The rookie running back relishes any opportunity he gets to contribute to the success of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have rebounded from a tough stretch to climb back into a tie for first place in the NFC South. Irving leads NFL rookies in rushing with 732 yards, averaging 5.5 yards per carry while sharing the workload with starter Rachaad White and third-stringer Sean Tucker, who have combined to ease some of the burden on quarterback Baker Mayfield. A fourth-round draft pick out of Oregon, Irving is coming off rushing for a season-best 152 yards and a touchdown in last week’s 26-23 overtime win over the Carolina Panthers. He had another 33 yards receiving, giving him a rookie-leading 1,017 total yards from scrimmage through 12 games. The Bucs (6-6) on Sunday host the Las Vegas Raiders (2-10), who have an outstanding newcomer of their own with Brock Bowers on the verge of breaking the league's record for catches by a rookie tight end. Bowers leads all players, regardless of position, with 84 receptions. He's fourth with 884 yards receiving and second behind Irving among rookies with 895 total yards from scrimmage. “I don’t really like taking all the credit. It’s those guys up front,” Irving said, deferring to Tampa Bay’s improved offensive line. “I think I have to do something special for those guys for Christmas because they’re getting the job done.” The Bucs are eighth in the NFL in rushing at 137.2 yards per game. They’ve gained 100-plus yards on the ground in nine of 12 games after only doing it nine times in 34 games over the past two seasons. Irving, whose ability to make defenders miss and accelerate in the open field, has provided a spark to an offense that sputtered without injured wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin during a four-game losing streak. It doesn’t seem to bother the rookie that he still sits behind White on the depth chart. The starter had a 38-yard run in overtime to set up the winning field goal last week. Coach Todd Bowles continues to stress that the Bucs, tied with Atlanta for the NFC South lead, need both Irving and White to be successful. “In our room, all our success is one,” said Irving, who in the past two weeks became the first rookie since Miles Sanders in 2019 to string together consecutive games with 150-plus yards from scrimmage. “If I’m having success,’’ Irving added, “everybody in the room is having success.” Tampa Bay’s porous secondary figures to be tested by Bowers, the first tight end to lead the league in catches after Week 13 since Todd Christenson in 1986. The first-round draft pick out of Georgia needs three receptions to break Sam LaPorta’s season record (86 in 2023) for catches by a tight end. He’s 116 yards away from joining Mike Ditka (1,076 in 1961) and Kyle Pitts (1,026 in 2021) as the only rookie tight ends to finish with 1,000-plus yards receiving. “I thought he was one of the best tight ends coming out in a long time – not just this draft, but in a long time,” Bowles said. “He’s living up to expectations. He can play wideout, he can play tight end, he can do some fullback, he can run jet sweeps,” the Bucs coach added. “They do a lot of things with him and he’s a very talented guy.” The last time the Raiders went against Mayfield was two seasons ago when he came off a plane to play for the Los Angeles Rams. Despite having minimal time with the playbook and just one brief practice, Mayfield rallied the Rams to a 17-16 victory on a 23-yard touchdown pass with 10 seconds left. Raiders coach Antonio Pierce was the team’s linebackers coach at the time. “He plays the game kind of like Brett Favre, who I played against in (the) league,” Pierce said. “He’s very fiery. He’ll do whatever it takes to make a play. The play’s never dead with him. You’ve got to keep your eyes on him and then stay in coverage, so that’ll be a challenge.” Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell didn’t look as though he had missed nearly six weeks because of a broken thumb when he almost led Las Vegas to a victory at Kansas City last week. He completed 23 of 35 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns in the Raiders’ 19-17 loss to the Chiefs. But O’Connell had a hard time looking at the positives given how close the Raiders came to beating the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. “Definitely some good plays, but it just stinks more than anything,” O’Connell said. “It was just a really hard loss. Even sometimes when you have a game right after, it’s easier to move on. But we had a longer week this week and so kind of really got to sit in it and it’s no fun.” AP Sports Writer Mark Anderson in Las Vegas contributed to this report. NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

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Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN's atomic watchdog. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would take place on Friday, without specifying a venue. "A range of regional and international issues and topics, including the issues of Palestine and Lebanon, as well as the nuclear issue, will be discussed," the spokesman said in a foreign ministry statement. Baghaei described the upcoming meeting as a continuation of talks held with the countries in September on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. On Thursday, the 35-nation board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution denouncing Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation. The move came as tensions ran high over Iran's atomic programme, which critics fear is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon -- something Tehran has repeatedly denied. In response to the resolution, Iran announced it was launching a "series of new and advanced centrifuges". Centrifuges enrich uranium transformed into gas by rotating it at very high speed, increasing the proportion of fissile isotope material (U-235). "We will substantially increase the enrichment capacity with the utilisation of different types of advanced machines," Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran's atomic energy organisation spokesman, told state TV. The country, however, also said it planned to continue its "technical and safeguards cooperation with the IAEA". During a recent visit to Tehran by IAEA head Rafael Grossi, Iran agreed to the agency's demand to cap its sensitive stock of near weapons-grade uranium enriched up to 60 percent purity. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in power since July and a supporter of dialogue with Western countries, has said he wants to remove "doubts and ambiguities" about his country's nuclear programme. In 2015, Iran and world powers reached an agreement that saw the easing of international sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme. But the United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump and reimposed biting economic sanctions, which prompted Iran to begin rolling back on its own commitments. On Sunday afternoon, the United Kingdom confirmed the upcoming meeting between Iran and the three European countries. "We remain committed to taking every diplomatic step to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, including through snapback if necessary," London's Foreign Office said. The 2015 deal contains a "snapback" mechanism that can be triggered in case of "significant non-performance" of commitments by Iran, allowing many sanctions to be reimposed. Ali Vaez, an Iran expert with the International Crisis Group think tank, told AFP that Friday's meeting was set to happen earlier, but "those plans were derailed as a result of Iran-Israel tensions" over the Gaza war. Though the parties will be meeting "without knowing what the incoming Trump administration wants to do", Vaez said that "after a lose-lose cycle of mutual escalation, now both sides are back to realising that engagement might be the least costly option." Tehran has since 2021 decreased its cooperation with the IAEA by deactivating surveillance devices monitoring the nuclear programme and barring UN inspectors. At the same time, it has increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium and the level of enrichment to 60 percent. That level is close, according to the IAEA, to the 90 percent-plus threshold required for a nuclear warhead, and substantially higher than the 3.67 percent limit it agreed to in 2015. pdm/smw/ami

OSAKA, Japan and MONTREAL , Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan ; President: Toichi Takino; "Ono") announced that it has entered into a drug discovery collaboration agreement with Congruence Therapeutics (Headquarters: Montreal, Quebec, Canada ; CEO: Clarissa Desjardins; "Congruence") to generate novel small molecule correctors against multiple protein targets in the oncology area by leveraging Congruence's proprietary drug discovery platform, RevenirTM. Under the terms of the agreement, Congruence will generate small molecule correctors by leveraging Congruence's proprietary drug discovery engine called, RevenirTM. Ono will obtain an exclusive option right to develop, manufacture and commercialize the identified small molecule correctors worldwide. Congruence will be eligible to receive an upfront payment, research expenses, milestone payments based on research and development progress and sales, as well as tiered royalties based on net sales. "We believe that this collaboration with Congruence may help generating novel small molecule correctors for validated targets in the oncology area by leveraging their own technologies in protein dynamics and computational biology, leading to our development pipeline," said Seishi Katsumata , Corporate Officer / Executive Director, Discovery & Research of Ono. "We will be committed to delivering innovative new drugs to cancer patients as soon as possible." "Congruence is thrilled to partner with Ono, which has established itself as a global leader in drug development, particularly in the oncology space. We believe that our RevenirTM platform and capabilities in protein dynamics will accelerate the discovery of novel therapies for compelling targets of interest to both companies," said Sharath Hegde PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of Congruence. About RevenirTM Drug Discovery Platform RevenirTM, Congruence's proprietary computational drug discovery platform, captures the dynamic biophysical changes caused by mutations in proteins, offering unique insights into protein defects and their correction. By examining surface features and a spectrum of biophysical descriptors across an ensemble of protein conformers, RevenirTM predicts small molecule induced correction of the underlying defect. About Congruence Therapeutics Congruence is a computationally-driven biotechnology company building a unique pipeline of transformative small molecule correctors rationally designed to rescue aberrant protein function. 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President-elect Trump has rounded out his picks for the top 15 positions within his Cabinet, handpicking an array of establishment and unconventional officials for top posts in just three weeks. Trump has moved at a rapid pace to shape his upcoming administration, which stands in contrast to his first run at the presidency in 2016. The president-elect's picks have diverse ideologies united under Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s pro-choice stance to Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer's pro-union stance and former George Soros adviser Scott Bessent, Trump's Cabinet reflects a new era for Republican presidents. GET TO KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET: WHO HAS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PICKED SO FAR? 1. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – Secretary of Health and Human Services Kennedy, a former Democrat, has been open about his pro-choice stance, much to the chagrin of conservative Republicans. The former presidential candidate shared a video on social media this summer, writing in a post, "I support the emerging consensus that abortion should be unrestricted up until a certain point." He suggested that this limit should be "when the baby is viable outside the womb." Viability is understood to occur around 24 weeks gestation. Kennedy will likely be asked in his upcoming hearing the extent of his pro-choice stance. Several Republicans are wary of Trump's pick for HHS, while others expressed confidence he would act in line with the administration. "I would fully expect any of Trump's nominees to be pro-life, as is President Trump," Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital. "It does need to be addressed." RFK JR'S ABORTION 'ISSUE': SENATE GOP PLANS TO SCRUTINIZE TRUMP HHS PICK'S POSITION "I believe what he's going to do is do the right thing," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said of Kennedy. Trump's softening stance toward abortion was a notable point during his campaign. Trump has said he would leave abortion to the states after of Roe v.... Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif called the TTP’s terrorist actions within Pakistan from across the Afghanistan border intolerable and a red line, urging the Afghan interim government to take action against them. Addressing the federal cabinet, the prime minister said that the TTP is operating from Afghanistan and carrying out terror attacks and killing innocent people inside Pakistan. “This cannot go on. We have conveyed to the Afghan government that we desire good ties with them but TTP should be stopped from killing our innocent people. This is a red line. TTP operating from there against Pakistan is unacceptable,” PM Shehbaz said. The prime minister said that Afghanistan is a neighboring nation with a common border spanning thousands of kilometers “We want friendly relations with each other and collaboration in the economy, trade, and other areas.” He said that Pakistan is ready to discuss the matter with the Afghan administration, asking them to come up with a sound plan. He said that the strategy of discussions and permitting the TTP to operate against Pakistan cannot coexist. PM Shehbaz said that Pakistan’s law enforcement and military personnel are always prepared to maintain the peace and security of the nation. In operations in North Waziristan on Thursday, an army major was slain, and 16 FC soldiers were killed. The forces also killed a number of terrorists. Earlier, a Pakistan Army sepoy embraced martyrdom as security forces thwarted an infiltration attempt at the Pak-Afghan border, killing four terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. “Pakistan has consistently been asking Interim Afghanistan Government to ensure effective border management on their side of the border”. The ISPR added that the interim Afghanistan Government is expected to fulfil its obligations regarding the Pak-Afghan border and deny the use of its soil by Khwarij for perpetuating acts of terrorism against Pakistan. Parachinar situation On the issue of the shortage of medicines in Parachinar, the prime minister told the cabinet members that the federal government has supplied 1,000 kilograms of medicines to the area through helicopter which also airlifted patients from there who were being treated in Islamabad. He apprised the meeting of his telephonic conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to express condolence the incident of tragic plane crash which killed 38 people and left 24 injured. He expressed the hope that the Pakistan-Azerbaijan ties would strengthen in the coming months. Tribute to Benazir Bhutto Referring to the 17th anniversary of her martyrdom observed on the day, the prime minister remembered Benazir Bhutto as a courageous lady with political sagacity and acumen. “Being the first female prime minister of the Islamic world, she always believed in political coexistence and the same approach led to the signing of the Charter of Democracy with Mian Nawaz Sharif which was later endorsed by all political parties,” he added. He said the services and sacrifice of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed for democracy and the country were exemplary and would be remembered forever. ICC Champions Trophy About the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, he said the arrangements for the event have been made and expressed the hope that the people of Pakistan will witness high-quality cricket. The prime minister told the cabinet members that under the ADR agreed with the banks and the government, Rs70 billion will go to the national kitty in a year and around Rs 240 billion in three years. PM Shehbaz said that in recent years, the banks had earned windfall profits owing to the high interest rate. The matter will be approved by the cabinet before the final nod by the President of Pakistan. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );Maharashtra’s ‘Third Mumbai’: Survey for new town to begin from 2025

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Global Launch of JETOUR T2 i-DM: Reshaping the Hybrid SUV MarketATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors . He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners . He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian , would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015 . “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” ----- By Bill Barrow for the Associated Press Associated Press journalist Alex Sanz contributed to this report.Marginalised by caste, marginalised in education

Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green (10) looks to pass against Mississippi State during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/James Pugh) AP The Texas Tech Red Raiders , led by quarterback Will Hammond , face the Arkansas Razorbacks , led by quarterback Taylen Green in the 66th annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024 (12/27/24) at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV . You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV , which is offering half off your first month. — DirecTV Stream is offering $30 off on Entertainment with Sports Pack featuring NFL RedZone, BIG Ten Network and more. — fuboTV plans start at $79.99 per month, with $35 off your first month. — Sling TV is offering plans for as low as $23 for your first month Here’s what you need to know: What : Liberty Bowl Who : Texas Tech vs Arkansas When : Friday, Dec. 27, 2024 Where : Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Time : 7 p.m. ET TV : ESPN Live stream: fuboTV (free trial) and DirecTVStream (free trial) *** Here are the best streaming options for college sports: Fubo TV (free trial): fuboTV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS. DirecTV Stream (free trial) : DirecTV Stream carries ESPN, FOX, NBC and CBS. Sling TV - Sling TV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC and NBC. ESPN+ ($11.99 a month): ESPN+ carries college basketball games each week for only $11.99 a month. These games are exclusive to the platform. Peacock TV ($7.99 a month): Peacock is the exclusive home of 75-plus Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball games for the 2024-25 season. The streaming service will also broadcast several Big East men’s basketball and Atlantic 10 men’s women’s basketball contests. Paramount+ (free trial): Paramount Plus will live stream college football games airing on CBS this year. *** Here’s a college football story via the Associated Press: The first 12-team version of the College Football Playoff has reached the quarterfinals state, setting up some tantalizing matchups. Texas has also take over as the early betting favorite to win the national championship. Did the CFP committee get it right? The first-round games were held on campuses for the first time — before the games shift to bowl games for the quarterfinals and semifinals — and all four of the higher-seeded teams won comfortably. That led to fresh questions about the seeding process, and it’s all coming amid the early signing period and players flocking to the transfer portal . Here is what to know: There will be 11 games between Dec. 20 and the finale in Atlanta on Jan. 20, all broadcast nationally. The quarterfinals (times EST): Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, Jan. 1, 5 p.m. (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Ohio State by 2 1/2. What to know: The Buckeyes answered some critics with a blowout of Tennessee in the first round and now comes a rematch against the top-ranked Ducks. Oregon beat Ohio State by a single point in October in one of the season’s best games. The winner: Advances to Cotton Bowl semifinal to play Texas/Arizona State winner, Jan. 10. Location: Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Georgia by 1 1/2. What to know: All eyes are on Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, whose arm injury could keep him sidelined. Notre Dame has been rolling since its only loss of the season but could find the going tougher against the Bulldogs. The Fighting Irish defense has been stout , too. The winner: Advances to Orange Bowl semifinal to play Boise State/Penn State winner, Jan. 9. Location: Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Arizona, Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Penn State by 10 1/2. What to know: Is this the year Penn State finally gets back in a national title game? The Nittany Lions will spend the next week-plus focusing its defense on stopping Boise State running back and Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty. The winner: Advances to Orange Bowl semifinal to play Georgia/Notre Dame winner, Jan. 9. Location: Peach Bowl, Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1 p.m. (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas by 13 1/2. What to know: The Sun Devils have been one of the best stories in college football, defying predictions to win the Big 12. They will have to deal with the Longhorns' juggernaut running game, which was too much for Clemson in the opening round. The winner: Advances the Cotton Bowl semifinal to play Oregon/Ohio State winner, Jan. 10. With the quarterfinals set, Texas moved to the 3-1 favorite to win the national championship, according to BetMGM Sportsbook on Sunday. The rest of the odds: Ohio State (15/4), Oregon (4-1), Penn State (5-1), Georgia (11-2) and Notre Dame (6-1). Arizona State and Boise State were both listed as 60-1 longshots. A 13-member CFP selection committee spent the past six weeks evaluating the teams and then set the bracket on Dec. 8. The five highest-ranked conference champions were guaranteed spots in the field, no matter where they are ranked overall by the CFP; Clemson, for example, is ranked No. 16 in the CFP but was given the 12th and lowest seed as the fifth-highest ranked league champion. The top four seeds got a week off and an automatic trip to the quarterfinals. The CFP began with four teams in January 2015. It was expanded this year for the first time. Many believe it may expand again, perhaps as early as 2026. A lot: About $115 million is on the line in the playoff . Each conference gets $4 million for every team that makes the final 12, then another $4 million for those that make the quarterfinals. It means teams that earned byes are worth $8 million to their conferences without even playing a game. Teams that advance to the semifinals mean $6 million more for their conference, then another $6 million for making the final. The conferences all distribute the money differently. There’s also a $300,000 stipend per team that is academically eligible for the playoffs. Teams making the playoff get $3 million to cover expenses for each round, too. (The Associated Press contributed to this report) Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. 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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday welcomed new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s and his Government’s commitment to continue with the on-going program and identified the 2025 Budget as a litmus test. The IMF’s opinion follows its staff and the Sri Lankan authorities on Friday reaching agreement on economic policies to conclude the third review of the economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Once the review is approved by IMF Management and completed by the IMF Executive Board, Sri Lanka will have access to about $ 333 million in financing bringing the total under the program to $ 1.3 billion. “The new Government’s commitment to the program objectives has enhanced confidence and ensures policy continuity. Sustaining the reform momentum is critical to safeguarding the hard-won gains under the program thus far and putting the economy on a path towards durable recovery and stable and inclusive growth,” said IMF’s Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer at a media briefing on Saturday along with Deputy Mission Chief Katsiaryna Svirydzenka and IMF’s new Resident Representative to Sri Lanka Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael. Breuer said The IMF’s Executive Board will consider completion of the review based contingent on: (i) the implementation by the authorities of prior actions including the submission of a 2025 Budget consistent with program objectives; and (ii) the completion of financing assurances review, which will focus on confirming multilateral partners’ committed financing contributions and whether adequate progress has been made with the debt restructuring to give confidence that the restructuring will be concluded in a timely manner and in line with the program’s debt targets. The IMF reiterated that Sri Lanka’s ambitious reform agenda supported by the EFF is delivering commendable outcomes. The economy expanded on average by 4% y-o-y in the four quarters ending in June 2024. High-frequency indicators point to continued expansion across all sectors. Average headline and core inflation remained contained at 0.8 and 3.8% during the third quarter. Gross official reserves increased to $ 6.4 billion at the end-October 2024 with sizable foreign exchange purchases by the Central Bank. Public finances have strengthened following substantial fiscal reforms. Breuer also said the program’s performance was strong, with all quantitative performance criteria and indicative targets (IT) for end-June 2024 met, as well as the ITs for end-September 2024, except for the IT on social spending. Most structural benchmarks due before October-2024 were either met or implemented with delay; some benchmarks are delayed because of the election cycle. He said maintaining macroeconomic stability and restoring debt sustainability are key to securing Sri Lanka’s prosperity and require persevering with responsible fiscal policy. Continued revenue mobilisation efforts and spending restraint are needed to prepare the 2025 Budget in line with program parameters. Revenue administration reforms and efforts to improve tax compliance will help to ensure that the burden stemming from the crisis is shared proportionately to taxpayers’ ability to contribute. Avoiding new tax exemptions will help reduce fiscal revenue leakages, corruption risks and build much needed fiscal buffers, including for social spending and to support Sri Lanka’s most vulnerable. Maintaining cost recovery in fuel and electricity pricing and resolving legacy debts will help minimise fiscal risks arising from State-owned enterprises. The Government has an important responsibility to protect the poor and vulnerable at this difficult time. It is important to redouble efforts to meet the program’s minimum spending target on social spending and to improve targeting, adequacy, and coverage of social safety nets, particularly Aswesuma. While inflation has decelerated faster than expected, continued monitoring is warranted to ensure sustained price stability and support macroeconomic stability. Against ongoing global uncertainty, it remains important to continue rebuilding external buffers through strong reserves accumulation. Sri Lanka’s recent Agreement in Principle with bondholders is an important milestone putting Sri Lanka’s debt on a path towards sustainability. The critical next steps are to complete the commercial debt restructuring, finalise bilateral agreements with official creditors along the lines of the accord with the Official Creditor Committee and implement the terms of the other agreements. This will help restore Sri Lanka’s debt sustainability. The new Government’s mandate will reinvigorate governance reforms addressing corruption risks, rebuilding economic confidence, and making growth more robust and inclusive. The IMF team held meetings with President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Labour Minister and Deputy Minister of Economic Development Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, Senior Economic Advisor Duminda Hulangamuwa, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Secretary to the Treasury K.M. Mahinda Siriwardana, and other senior Government and CBSL officials. The team also met with Parliamentarians, representatives from the private sector, civil society organisations, and development partners.” We would like to thank the authorities for the excellent collaboration,” Breuer added.None

Dearborn Heights, MI (Planet Detroit) A poll released Tuesday found a majority of those who voted for President-elect Donald Trump oppose efforts to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency, as local advocates warn that EPA cuts could impact Michigan environmental programs. The poll, which also found that support from all voters for the agency has increased since 2017, was commissioned by the Environmental Protection Network, a group founded by former EPA scientists and officials during the first Trump administration to support environmental agencies and communities impacted by environmental injustice. "These numbers were frankly astounding to me," said Matt George, head of research for the communications firm Seven Letter, which performed the poll. However, he noted that there has historically been strong bipartisan support for the EPA. Sean McBrearty, Michigan director for the nonprofit Clean Water Action, told Planet Detroit the poll results were similar to other surveys that found overwhelming bipartisan support in Michigan for protecting the Great Lakes and reinstating "polluter pay" legislation to hold businesses accountable for cleaning up pollution. "Holding corporations accountable was actually one of the arguments that Republicans used in their State House campaigns," he said. Despite broad support for environmental action and Trump's promises to protect air and water quality, former EPA staffers on a Tuesday press call said the President-elect will seek to roll back regulations, decline to defend established rules from corporate lawsuits and find ways to shrink the agency. The result could be weaker environmental protections and declining support for Michigan's environmental programs. "Trump tried to dismantle EPA in the past, and he seems dead set on trying again," said Michelle Roos, executive director for EPN. Roos said the poll confirms that Trump does not have a mandate to weaken the EPA. Trump won a majority of electoral votes in this year's election but secured less than 50% of the popular vote. The poll, conducted between Nov. 7 and 13, included responses from 1,000 voters. It found that 76% of Trump voters and 86% of all voters wanted to either strengthen the EPA or protect it at its current level. Sixty-four percent of Trump voters (and 88% of all voters) expressed concern that Trump would hand EPA leadership to a director who will "put the interests of polluting corporations ahead of protecting clean water, clean air, and public health." Trump has picked former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. Zeldin has questioned whether climate change is an urgent problem and voted to expand oil and gas drilling on federal lands. He's widely seen as someone who will be loyal to Trump's agenda of shrinking the EPA and eliminating environmental protections. Former EPA officials on the Tuesday call said widespread support for the agency may not influence the incoming administration, which has discussed using a "schedule F" order to fire as many as 50,000 federal employees. Jeremy Symons, senior advisor for EPN and former climate policy advisor for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, said the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 blueprint for radically restructuring the executive branch is a "novel plan" for dismantling the EPA and driving staff out. Although Republicans will gain control of the U.S. House and Senate next year, they could still resist the Trump administration's efforts to slash EPA's budget. However, Project 2025's chapter on the EPA proposes relocating regional offices "so that they are more accessible to the areas they serve and deliver cost savings to the American people," which could drive out EPA workers. When the Trump administration moved the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters from Washington D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado, in 2020, it led to an exodus of workers in leadership positions. Russel Vought, former director of the Office of Management and Budget who worked on Project 2025, previously described plans to inflict "trauma" on EPA employees. "We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," Vought said. "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains." Recently released EPA data shows over 143 million Americans are exposed to PFAS in drinking water, which has been detected in drinking water systems across Metro Detroit. If the Trump administration proposes different PFAS regulations, the 2029 deadline for complying with the rules will automatically be pushed back by a decade, according to Elizabeth Southerland, former director of the Office of Science and Technology in the EPA's Office of Water. If Congress were to approve EPA budget cuts, it could have a dramatic impact on Michigan. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy received roughly 35% of its funding from the EPA in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Bentley Johnson, federal government affairs director for the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, said the president-elect and Republican lawmakers are likely to cut programs that largely serve low-income people and communities of color, such as Biden's Justice 40 Initiative, which directs climate and infrastructure funding to historically disadvantaged communities. Johnson said this would force EGLE and the state to make difficult decisions about what programs to support. Budget cuts and a loss of staff at EPA could also drain support for environmental enforcement and cleaning up contaminated sites, Johnson said. EPA administers the Superfund program, which is involved in the cleanup of over 60 highly contaminated sites in Michigan. But the agency also provides support for the cleanup of other sites that aren't on the list. "When the EPA is there, we've heard from impacted residents that it does make a difference," Johnson said. In 2017, the Trump administration sought to reduce the agency's budget by a third, although Congress resisted these cuts. If Trump finds more success securing cuts in his coming term, it would add to a long decline in agency funding. According to an EPN report, the EPA's inflation-adjusted spending decreased by 50% between 1980 and 2019, while the U.S. population increased by 44%. McBrearty stressed the need for grassroots opposition to the budget cuts and deregulation that political donors often support. He said it was important to support environmental groups and organizations like labor unions, which have previously worked collectively to push for environmental protections and workplace safety. "We need to take every step we can to build a system that makes lawmakers accountable to the people, not to the corporations funding their campaigns," he said. This story is provided as a service of the Institute for Nonprofit News’ On the Ground news wire. The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) is a network of more than 475 independent, nonprofit newsrooms serving communities throughout the US, Canada, and globally. On the Ground is a service of INN, which aggregates the best of its members’ elections and political content, and provides it free for republication. Read more about INN here: https://inn.org/ . Please coordinate with nina@planetdetroit.org should you want to publish photos for this piece. This content cannot be modified, apart from rewriting the headline. 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mcw casino mexico RICHARDSON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / December 10, 2024 / Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPXS), a leading manufacturer of precision optical sighting systems for domestic and worldwide military and commercial applications, announced today it has been awarded a new contract for Laser Filter Units and Window Assemblies supporting Night Vision devices utilized by the U.S. Armed Forces. The order value is $2.0 million with deliveries covering March 2025 through February 2026. "The AOC team is pleased to continue our support of optical assemblies supporting various Night Vision Devices. AOC has positioned itself as a key supplier of laser protection filters and assemblies supporting the primary suppliers of Night Vision equipment to the U.S. military. We have recently added critical infrastructure to ensure we can continue to meet the growing demand for specialized laser filters and other coated optics" stated Bill Bates, General Manager of Applied Optics Center. With this new order, the current Optex backlog is in excess of $42million. ABOUT OPTEX SYSTEMS Optex, which was founded in 1987, is a Richardson, Texas based ISO 9001:2015 certified concern, which manufactures optical sighting systems and assemblies, primarily for Department of Defense (DOD) applications. Its products are installed on various types of U.S. military land vehicles, such as the Abrams and Bradley fighting vehicles, Light Armored and Armored Security Vehicles, and have been selected for installation on the Stryker family of vehicles. Optex also manufactures and delivers numerous periscope configurations, rifle and surveillance sights, and night vision optical assemblies. Optex delivers its products both directly to the military services and to prime contractors. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.optexsys.com . Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to the products and services described herein. You can identify these statements by the use of the words "may," "will," "could," "should," "would," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," "likely," "forecast," "probable," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies concerning future events, including, but not limited to, any statements regarding growth strategy; product and development programs; financial performance and financial condition (including revenue, net income, profit margins and working capital); orders and backlog; the estimated value of IDIQ contracts; expected timing of contract deliveries to customers and corresponding revenue recognition; increases in the cost of materials and labor; costs remaining to fulfill contracts; contract loss reserves; labor shortages; follow-on orders; supply chain challenges; the continuation of historical trends; the sufficiency of our cash balances for future liquidity and capital resource needs; the expected impact of changes in accounting policies on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows; anticipated problems and our plans for future operations; and the economy in general or the future of the defense industry. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, continued funding of defense programs and military spending, the timing of such funding, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the Company's markets, effects of continued geopolitical unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, changes in the U.S. Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations, changes in spending due to policy changes in any new federal presidential administration, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions and restructurings or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, changes to export regulations, increases in tax rates, changes to generally accepted accounting principles, difficulties in retaining key employees and customers, unanticipated costs under fixed-price service and system integration engagements, changes in the market for microcap stocks regardless of growth and value and various other factors beyond our control. You must carefully consider any such statement and should understand that many factors could cause actual results to differ from the Company's forward-looking statements. These factors include inaccurate assumptions and a broad variety of other risks and uncertainties, including some that are known and some that are not. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary materially. The Company does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement. You should carefully evaluate such statements in light of factors described in the Company's filings with the SEC, especially on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. In various filings the Company has identified important factors that could cause actual results to differ from expected or historic results. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete list of all potential risks or uncertainties. 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IRVING, Texas , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) voted today to maintain the quarterly dividend of one dollar and forty-one cents ($1.41) per share of common stock, payable Feb. 20, 2025 , to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 21, 2025 .

Shocking secret of do-gooder who raised over $1million for a homeless charityInjured?: Shah Rukh Khan bumps his head on jetty ceiling while shielding his face in oversized hoodie while holding his cute dogDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) — For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy. Women struggle to dress modestly while crowded into tents with extended family members, including men, and with strangers only steps away in neighboring tents. Access to menstrual products is limited, so they cut up sheets or old clothes to use as pads. Makeshift toilets usually consist of only a hole in the sand surrounded by sheets dangling from a line, and these must be shared with dozens of other people. Alaa Hamami has dealt with the modesty issue by constantly wearing her prayer shawl, a black cloth that covers her head and upper body. “Our whole lives have become prayer clothes, even to the market we wear it,” said the young mother of three. “Dignity is gone.” Normally, she would wear the shawl only when performing her daily Muslim prayers. But with so many men around, she keeps it on all the time, even when sleeping — just in case an Israeli strike hits nearby in the night and she has to flee quickly, she said. Israel’s 14-month-old campaign in Gaza has driven more than 90% of its 2.3 million Palestinians from their homes. Hundreds of thousands of them are now living in squalid camps of tents packed close together over large areas. Sewage runs into the streets , and food and water are hard to obtain. Winter is setting in. Families often wear the same clothes for weeks because they left clothing and many other belongings behind as they fled. Everyone in the camps searches daily for food, clean water and firewood. Women feel constantly exposed. Gaza has always been a conservative society. Most women wear the hijab, or head scarf, in the presence of men who are not immediate family. Matters of women’s health — pregnancy, menstruation and contraception — tend not to be discussed publicly. “Before we had a roof. Here it does not exist,” said Hamami, whose prayer shawl is torn and smudged with ash from cooking fires. “Here our entire lives have become exposed to the public. There is no privacy for women.” Wafaa Nasrallah, a displaced mother of two, says life in the camps makes even the simplest needs difficult, like getting period pads, which she cannot afford. She tried using pieces of cloth and even diapers, which have also increased in price. For a bathroom, she has a hole in the ground, surrounded by blankets propped up by sticks. The U.N. says more than 690,000 women and girls in Gaza require menstrual hygiene products, as well as clean water and toilets. Aid workers have been unable to meet demand, with supplies piling up at crossings from Israel. Stocks of hygiene kits have run out, and prices are exorbitant. Many women have to choose between buying pads and buying food and water. Doaa Hellis, a mother of three living in a camp, said she has torn up her old clothes to use for menstrual pads. “Wherever we find fabric, we tear it up and use it.” A packet of pads costs 45 shekels ($12), “and there is not even five shekels in the whole tent,” she said. Anera, a rights group active in Gaza, says some women use birth control pills to halt their periods. Others have experienced disruptions in their cycles because of the stress and trauma of repeated displacement. The terrible conditions pose real risks to women’s health, said Amal Seyam, the director of the Women’s Affairs Center in Gaza, which provides supplies for women and surveys them about their experiences. She said some women have not changed clothes for 40 days. That and improvised cloth pads “will certainly create” skin diseases, diseases related to reproductive health and psychological conditions, she said. “Imagine what a woman in Gaza feels like, if she’s unable to control conditions related to hygiene and menstrual cycles,” Seyam said. Hellis remembered a time not so long ago, when being a woman felt more like a joy and less like a burden. “Women are now deprived of everything, no clothes, no bathroom. Their psychology is completely destroyed,” she said. Seyam said the center has tracked cases where girls have been married younger, before the age of 18, to escape the suffocating environment of their family’s tents. The war will “continue to cause a humanitarian disaster in every sense of the word. And women always pay the biggest price,” she said. Israel’s campaign in Gaza has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, over half of them women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. Its count does not differentiate between combatants and civilians. Israel launched its assault in retaliation for the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on southern Israel, in which militants killed some 1,200 people and abducted around 250 others. With large swaths of Gaza’s cities and towns leveled, women wrestle with reduced lives in their tents. Hamami can walk the length of her small tent in a few strides. She shares it with 13 other people from her extended family. During the war, she gave birth to a son, Ahmed, who is now 8 months old. Between caring for him and her two other children, washing her family’s laundry, cooking and waiting in line for water, she says there’s no time to care for herself. She has a few objects that remind her of what her life once was, including a powder compact she brought with her when she fled her home in the Shati camp of Gaza City. The makeup is now caked and crumbling. She managed to keep hold of a small mirror through four different displacements over the past year. It’s broken into two shards that she holds together every so often to catch a glimpse of her reflection. “Previously, I had a wardrobe that contained everything I could wish for,” she said. “We used to go out for a walk every day, go to wedding parties, go to parks, to malls, to buy everything we wanted." Women “lost their being and everything in this war," she said. "Women used to take care of themselves before the war. Now everything is destroyed.” Associated Press writer Fatma Khaled in Cairo contributed to this report.

NBA Trade Rumors: Latest on Jonas Valančiūnas, Malcolm Brogdon, Jordan Clarkson, MorePISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Trailing by one at the 40-yard line with 14 seconds to play and no timeouts, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent in a play known as “church” to Luke Altmyer. The quarterback was to hit a receiver who was to go to the ground immediately. The offense would rush to the line of scrimmage and Altmyer would spike the ball to set up a potential winning field goal. Pat Bryant caught the pass at the 22 and then called his own split-second audible. Seeing a path to the end zone, the star receiver ran across the field on the way to the winning touchdown with 4 seconds left, sending the Illini to a wild 38-31 victory over Rutgers on Saturday. “Coach called a perfect play," Bryant said. "A play we run all the time in our two-minute drill. I caught the ball and saw the sideline and saw nobody was over there. I had one guy to beat. I gave him a little move. I heard everybody jump and say ’Get out, get out,' but I put trust in myself and scored a touchdown.” Bryant's ninth TD reception of the season capped a roller-coaster finish to a Big Ten game that featured three lead changes in the final 3:07. Illinois (8-3, 5-3) was down 31-30 when it sent long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard field goal. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano called for a timeout right before Moczulski’s attempt was wide left and about 15 yards short. After the missed field goal was waved off by the timeout, Bielema sent his offense back on the field. “Pat is so aware of his surroundings," Bielema said after Bryant finished with seven catches for a career-high 197 yards. “He saw that corner and took off.” Schiano didn't second-guess his timeout but said he should have called it well before Moczulski kicked. “They made one more play than we did,” Schiano said. Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) gave up a safety on the final kickoff return, throwing a ball out of bounds in the end zone as players passed it around hoping for a miracle touchdown. Altmyer was 12-of-26 passing for 249 yards and two touchdowns. He put Illinois in front with a 30-yard TD run with 3:07 to go. He passed to Josh McCray on the 2-point conversion, making it 30-24. Rutgers responded with a 10-play, 65-yard drive. Athan Kaliakmanis had a 15-yard run on fourth down. He passed to running back Kyle Monangai for a 13-yard TD with 1:08 remaining. Illinois then drove 75 yards in eight plays for the win. “That's big-time football,” Monangai said. "They made a great play at the end of the game. I think we we played our hearts out to the end, to the very end, even that last play. Illinois did the same. They’re a great team. The chips fell their way today.” Kaliakmanis was 18 for 36 for 174 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 13 carries for 84 yards and two TDs. Monangai had a career-high 28 carries for 122 yards. Kaliakmanis found Ian Strong for a 2-yard touchdown in the final seconds of the first half, and he scored on a 1-yard run to lift Rutgers to a 24-15 lead early in the fourth quarter. Illinois responded with Aidan Laughery’s 8-yard TD run, setting the stage for the dramatic finish. The start of the second half was delayed because of a scrum between the teams. There were no punches thrown and the officials called penalties on both schools. Monangai’s day Monangai become the third player in Rutgers history to rush for 3,000 yards when he picked up 4 on a third-and-1 carry early in the second quarter. The defending conference rushing champion joins Ray Rice and Terrell Willis in hitting the mark. The takeaway Illinois: The great finish keeps the Illini in line for its first nine-win season since 2007 and a prestigious bowl game this season. Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights were seconds away from their first in-conference three-game win streak since joining the Big Ten in 2014. Up next Illinois: At Northwestern next Saturday. Rutgers: At Michigan State next Saturday. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-pollmcw casino mobi 。

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All amounts in US dollars unless otherwise indicated BROOKFIELD, News, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Renewable today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “ TSX ”) has accepted notices filed by Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. ( TSX: BEP.UN ; NYSE: BEP ) (“ BEP ”) of its intention to renew its normal course issuer bids for its limited partnership units (“ LP Units ”) and Class A preferred limited partnership units (“ Preferred Units ”); Brookfield Renewable Corporation ( TSX: BEPC ; NYSE: BEPC ) (“ BEPC ” and together with BEP, “ Brookfield Renewable ”) of its intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for its outstanding class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares (“ Exchangeable Shares ”); and Brookfield Renewable Power Preferred Equity Inc. (“ BRP Equity ”) of its intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for its outstanding Class A preference shares (“ Preferred Shares ”). BRP Equity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BEP. Brookfield Renewable believes that the renewed normal course issuer bid will provide the flexibility to use available funds to purchase LP Units, Preferred Units, Exchangeable Shares or Preferred Shares, as applicable, should they be trading in price ranges that do not fully reflect their value, representing an attractive use of available funds. There are currently three series of Preferred Units and five series of Preferred Shares outstanding and listed on the TSX. Under BEP’s normal course issuer bid for LP Units, BEP is authorized to repurchase up to 14,255,578 LP Units, representing 5% of its issued and outstanding LP Units. At the close of business on December 5, 2024, there were 285,111,569 LP Units issued and outstanding. Under BEP’s normal course issuer bid, it may repurchase up to 74,937 LP Units on the TSX during any trading day, which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume of 299,749 LP Units for the six months ended November 30, 2024. Under BEPC’s normal course issuer bid for Exchangeable Shares, BEPC is authorized to repurchase up to 8,982,042 Exchangeable Shares, representing 5% of its issued and outstanding Exchangeable Shares. At the close of business on December 5, 2024, there were 179,640,851 Exchangeable Shares issued and outstanding. Under BEPC’s normal course issuer bid, it may repurchase up to 70,747 Exchangeable Shares on the TSX during any trading day, which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume of 282,988 Exchangeable Shares for the six months ended November 30, 2024. Under BEP’s normal course issuer bid for Preferred Units, BEP is authorized to repurchase a total of approximately 10% of the public float of each respective series of the Preferred Units as follows: 1. Calculated as at Dece mber 5 , 202 4 . 2. For the 6 months ended November 30 , 20 2 4 . 3. In accordance with TSX rules, any daily repurchases with respect to t he Series 18 Preferred Units would be limited to 1,000 Series 18 Preferred Units . Under BRP Equity’s normal course issuer bid for Preferred Shares, BRP Equity is authorized to repurchase a total of approximately 10% of the public float of each respective series of the Preferred Shares as follows: 4. Calculated as at Decembe r 5 , 2 02 4 . 5. For the 6 months ended November 30 , 20 2 4 . 6. In accordance with TSX rules, any daily repurchases with respect to the Series 2 Preferred Shares , the Series 5 Preferred Shares and the Series 6 Preferred Shares would be limited to 1,000 Preferred Shares of such series . Repurchases under each normal course issuer bid are authorized to commence on December 18, 2024 and each normal course issuer bid will terminate on December 17, 2025, or earlier should Brookfield Renewable or BRP Equity, as applicable, complete repurchases under its respective normal course issuer bids prior to such date. Under BEP’s prior normal course issuer bid for LP Units that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2024, BEP previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 14,361,497 LP Units. As of December 5, 2024, BEP has repurchased 2,279,654 LP Units under its current normal course issuer bid through open market transactions on the TSX and alternative trading systems at a weighted average price per LP Unit of approximately CDN$30.86. Under BEPC’s prior normal course issuer bid that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2024, BEPC previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 8,982,586 Exchangeable Shares. BEPC has not repurchased any Exchangeable Shares under its existing normal course issuer bid in the past 12 months. Under BEP’s prior normal course issuer bid for Preferred Units that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2024, BEP previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 700,000 Series 7 Preferred Units, 1,000,000 Series 13 Preferred Units, 700,000 Series 15 Preferred Units and 600,000 Series 18 Preferred Units. BEP did not repurchase any Preferred Units under this normal course issuer bid. Under BRP Equity’s prior normal course issuer bid that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2023, BRP Equity previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 684,953 Series 1 Preferred Shares, 311,053 Series 2 Preferred Shares, 996,139 Series 3 Preferred Shares, 411,450 Series 5 Preferred Shares and 700,000 Series 6 Preferred Shares. BRP Equity did not repurchase any Preferred Shares under this normal course issuer bid. All purchases of the LP Units and Exchangeable Shares will be effected through the facilities of the TSX and/or the New York Stock Exchange and/or alternative trading systems in Canada and/or the United States. All purchases of Preferred Units and Preferred Shares will be effected through facilities of the TSX and/or alternative trading systems in Canada. All LP Units, Preferred Units, Exchangeable Shares and Preferred Shares acquired under the applicable normal course issuer bid will be cancelled. Repurchases will be subject to compliance with applicable Canadian securities laws. BEP and BEPC intend to enter into automatic share purchase plans, which have been pre-cleared by the TSX, on or about the week of December 23, 2024 in relation to their respective normal course issuer bids. The automatic share purchase plans will allow for the purchase of LP Units, Preferred Units and Exchangeable Shares, as applicable, subject to certain trading parameters, at times when BEP or BEPC, as applicable, ordinarily would not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackout periods, insider trading rules or otherwise. Outside these periods, LP Units, Preferred Units or Exchangeable Shares, as applicable, will be repurchased in accordance with management’s discretion, in compliance with applicable law. Brookfield Renewable Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded platforms for renewable power and sustainable solutions. Our renewable power portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, utility-scale solar, distributed generation and storage facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Our operating capacity totals over 35,000 megawatts and our development pipeline stands at approximately 200,000 megawatts. Our portfolio of sustainable solutions assets includes our investments in Westinghouse (a leading global nuclear services business) and a utility and independent power producer with operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as both operating assets and a development pipeline of carbon capture and storage capacity, agricultural renewable natural gas and materials recycling. Investors can access the portfolio either through Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE: BEP; TSX: BEP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or Brookfield Renewable Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BEPC), a Canadian corporation. Brookfield Renewable is the flagship listed renewable power and transition company of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with over $1 trillion of assets under management. Please note that Brookfield Renewable’s previous audited annual and unaudited quarterly reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) and securities regulators in Canada, are available on our website at https://bep.brookfield.com , on SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on SEDAR+’s website at www.sedarplus.com . Hard copies of the annual and quarterly reports can be obtained free of charge upon request. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking Statements This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable U.S. securities laws. 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Pledging to take on the affordable housing crisis and bring down health care costs, Adam Schiff was sworn in Monday by Vice President Kamala Harris as California’s junior U.S. senator . The Burbank Democrat will serve out the remaining term of the late Dianne Feinstein after winning a special election for the unexpired term. In January, Schiff’s full six-year tenure will begin. In a statement after taking the oath of office on the Senate floor, Schiff didn’t name President-elect Donald Trump, but the new senator is in the same political balancing act as Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has pledged an “open hand, not a closed fist” approach to the incoming administration. “I will work with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to help our state and our families succeed,” Schiff said in the statement . “At the same time, I will not shrink from my duty to defend our democracy and will vigorously protect the rights and freedoms of the American people and the people of California.” Schiff, who served 23 years in the House , rose to national prominence as one of Trump’s most outspoken critics, leading the first impeachment trial in 2020 and serving on the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots by Trump’s supporters. Trump has labeled Schiff an “ enemy within ” and a “ sleazebag .” And just Sunday, Trump repeated his threat to punish his political adversaries, saying of those on the Jan. 6 committee: “Honestly, they should go to jail.” Schiff, however, said he does not want a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden in case Trump follows through, calling it “ unnecessary .” Schiff’s first opportunity to push back on Trump could be confirmation hearings on the president-elect’s contentious Cabinet picks, though the Senate won’t vote on them until after the Jan. 20 inauguration. Trump announced Monday that he has nominated Harmeet Dhillon , a California Republican leader and conservative attorney , as assistant attorney general for civil rights. Trump praised her for representing Christians restricted from gathering during the COVID lockdowns, suing companies for “woke” policies and fighting election fraud. Schiff serves alongside U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla — ending California’s 30-year long streak of having at least one female senator. Schiff replaces Laphonza Butler , who was appointed after Feinstein’s death in September 2023 but didn’t seek to keep the seat. He will be succeeded in the House next month by Democrat Laura Friedman, a former Assemblymember and Glendale mayor.Judge Denies TikTok Appeal of US Ban

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100MOLLY-MAE Hague has shared a brand new update about her fashion brand Maebe. The social media star faced major backlash recently after fans were left disappointed at failing to get their hands on the pieces amid with Molly herself admitting stock issues were "frustrating". It caused her to tell her fans that she would be working hard to improve the brand's stock levels in the New Year but it appears as though the mum-of-one has managed to sort it earlier. In a new update on the Maebe Instagram account, it was revealed that the brand had THREE brand new T-shirts available for sale. The Power Tee comes in three different colours - Black, White and Wine , a deep red colour. The T-shirts are already available to purchase with Molly's fans likely desperate to get their hands on the garments amid the recent issues. Read More on Molly-Mae The Love Island alum, 25, launched Maebe - her quality range of staples including boxy jackets, adjustable-waist jeans and short-sleeve knit tops - earlier this year. Huge fan demand saw the garments sell-out completely in 24 minutes - while others took aim at the price point and quality. Molly recently took to her Instagram comments section as fans talked of their struggles to get their hands on the garments , which combine comfort with style. One potential buyer put: "I've never been interested quite frankly. Most read in Celebrity "It's very over-priced for what it is, but I genuinely just liked the set! "It's a rubbish experience, it's just a game of whoever can type the fastest or who has their details saved, most shops allow you a bit of time to check out." The YouTube star - who already owns fake tan brand Filter - then directly commented underneath. In a candid reply she wrote: "I couldn't agree with you more on the stock front, it's really frustrating. "Unfortunately I just didn't back myself enough when we planned these quantities a very long time ago. "I promise you this is something I am in total agreement with you on and it's something that in the New Year we will improve upon now that we have an understanding of the demand. "I'm really sorry you feel let down - I'm learning as I go and will make this a better buying experience for you as soon as we can." EVER since Molly-Mae Hague, 25, walked into the Love Island villa back in 2019, I’ve always been a mega fan. After hearing the news that she was coming out with a fashion brand, of course I was excited. But as much as I hate to admit it, I’m disappointed. I understand that she’s launched Maebe as a more high class brand. I know it’s not going to be Shein quality. But with prices varying from £35 to £140, I’m definitely not impressed. Maebe’s “ultimate blazer” is priced at an eye-watering £140, whilst a very simple, plain white tee is a whopping £35. Not only this, but the “contour popper top” is £50, and a seemingly boring white shirt will set you back a whopping £65. And if that wasn’t bad enough, £90 for a pair of jeans? I understand paying £50 for a pair of good quality denims, but £90?! That’s incredibly steep considering you can get Levi’s, a well-established brand that’s been going for donkey years, for just a tenner more. So, will I be buying anything from Maebe? The only thing I can say to that is Maebe (definitely) not. by Abigail Wilson, Senior Digital Writer

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WV News) — While it’s not a matchup of the top two seeds, No. 4 Herbert Hoover and No. 3 Bridgeport each enter Saturday’s Class AAA state championship game as undefeated teams who have dominated opponents. Bridgeport will head down on Saturday morning. No pep rally. No fluff. “Business,” Bridgeport coach Tyler Phares said. Bridgeport’s overall record in the playoffs is 70-33. The Indians have won 10 state championships, most recently in 2019, and are 10-1 in state title games. Saturday’s matchup is the first for a team coached by Phares, who took over in 2021. Herbert Hoover and Bridgeport have only met once, a 2002 playoff matchup at Wayne Jamison Field. Hoover won 13-6. The Huskies have an overall playoff record of 16-18. Saturday will be the second time in three seasons that the Huskies have played for a state championship, but they have never won. This season, Herbert Hoover has outscored its schedule 591-153, posting two shutouts. The Huskies are led by quarterback Dane Hatfield. He nears 2,000 rushing yards on the season while also eclipsing 1,600 passing yards. Hatfield will finish the season with over 50 touchdowns as one of the states’ best overall players, regardless of class. Hatfield is known best for his ability to read the opion. Hatfield does it better than just about anyone, and his running mate Blake Fisher is also capable of breaking free at a moment’s notice. The two combine for just about every touchdown that isn’t a kick return, which Fisher has also done, or a late-game punch. In the playoffs, Hatfield has scored 11 touchdowns. In the first round against Elkins, he showed that he’s not just legs. He had 342 passing yards while Elkins held him to 58 rushing yards. Fisher had four touchdowns on 213 receiving yards, and Hoover won 49-7. The next week, Hatfield had five total touchdowns, and Fisher added three more. At No. 1-seeded Princeton, Hatfield scored four times in a 35-12 romp. To stop Hatfield and Fisher is to stop Hoover, but that is far from a task anyone has been able to accomplish in a box score. “He’s a really great athlete,” Bridgeport coach Tyler Phares said of Hatfield. “The offensive line doesn’t get enough credit. They do a really good job of blocking in the second level. (Fisher) is tough. They put him in the slot and move him around. They’ve got talented skill players as well as a good line. Really good system. They are sharp in a lot of aspects.” But along comes Bridgeport, a team outscoring opponents 752-105. Bridgeport has had six shutouts this season and didn’t allow a touchdown from its first-team defense until mid-October. “Happy for the kids,” Phares said. “They work their tails off and do the little things that we ask them to do. It starts in January. We’re excited to be in this spot, and we hope to keep rolling.” Overall, the Tribe has only let up three rushing touchdowns this season and has only let teams into its red zone 11 times. Teams have only scored from it five times all season, no one more than twice in a single game. While the offense has set a single-season school record for scoring, the defense is also one of the best to ever take the field. Bridgeport played 14 games in 2000 and only allowed 118 points, winning the Class AA state championship. That team scored 516 total points and is the only team that will likely beat the 2024 unit in total points allowed for a 14-game season in school history, barring a shootout on Saturday. Statistically, the 2024 Tribe is one of Bridgeport’s all-time best. Josh Love leads the offense with 1,425 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns. Alex Moses is close behind with 1,023 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns. Tim Jeffress (12) and Jack Spatafore (17) join as double-digit TD scorers. Phares’ offense is akin to his coaching journey. It began as an offensive line coach at his alma mater, Elkins. He became the offensive coordinator there before moving to William Campbell (VA) as an OC from 2013-15. He moved back to the area for a pair of seasons as Morgantown’s offensive line coach before coming to Bridgeport. Has it always been hard-nosed? “When I’ve called the offense, yes,” Phares said. “I’ve switched it up a bit and done some different things. We ran a lot of spread in Morgantown. When I first got here, we ran the power pistol and a little bit of stick.” The fight within the trenches is the game within the game. If you establish the run and defend it well, you have a good chance of coming out on top. “That’s a big part of it,” Phares said of the line. “Who’s going to win in the trenches? We hope that we’re the better team there. That’s what we’ve trained for all year.” The only common opponent for the two teams is Nitro. Hatfield had two touchdowns, logging 156 rushing yards and 79 passing yards. Ultimately, Hoover won 13-7 in overtime in mid-September. Bridgeport faced Nitro in the state quarterfinals, winning 70-21. In that game, Bridgeport tied its mark for the most points in a playoff game in school history. Alex Moses had 191 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries. Josh Love had 128 yards and four touchdowns on eight carries. Bridgeport forced Nitro backwards at -39 rushing yards. Nitro quarterback Josh Moody played well with 375 passing yards and three touchdowns, but he was also sacked six times and lost two interceptions. Both teams saw comfortable victories in the state semifinals, and there are no underdogs in a state title game. The Class AAA state championship game begins at noon on Saturday, Dec. 14 at Laidley Field in Charleston.

We continue our series profiling possible Chicago Bears head coach candidates. Next up is Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. As the Chicago Bears continue to prepare their search for a new head coach we continue our series profiling possible candidates. Next up we have Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. The Bears’ 2024 season has quickly gone down the toilet. Less than two months ago, they had thoughts of competing for a playoff spot. Rooke quarterback Caleb Williams was flying high and had the offense humming. Then one Hail Mary in Washington happened and everything came tumbling down. After the end of the Commanders game, everything changed. Suddenly the offense could not move the ball. The Bears scored just 27 points in their next three games. That led to the firing of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. Thomas Brown, the passing game coordinator, took over for Waldron and the offense looked much better. However, late-game decisions cost the Chicago Bears wins in three straight games. After a particularly bad outcome against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving, the players had enough and revolted. The Bears had to fire head coach Matt Eberflus. Now the Chicago Bears are searching for a new head coach for the fifth time since 2012. We all hope they finally get it right this time. However, people are not holding their breath expecting it. At this point, it is a matter of seeing it happen before believing it. We saw the difference between a team with good coaching and one that is in disarray. Brown made his debut as Chicago Bears head coach last week against the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners were struggling like the Bears were, losing three consecutive games. Additionally, they were hit hard with injuries. A great deal of their key starters were on injured reserve or ruled out. San Francisco had Kyle Shanahan, however. He is one of the best coaches in the NFL. He was able to still come up with a game plan. The Chicago Bears were a mess and it showed. The Niners cruised to an easy blowout victory, 38-13. Chicago got a closeup view of what an elite head coach looks like. There is speculation that the Chicago Bears could trade for Shanahan. That would be a home run cut. That may not be feasible for a number of reasons, though. San Francisco might not want to let him leave. It might take a huge compensation packet to entice the Niners to let him go. Furthermore, the Chicago Bears need their draft picks. They have shown that they still have plenty of holes to fill before becoming a playoff contender. They are not as bad as their record indicates but are not as good as they thought they were when the season started. Perhaps finding a Shanahan disciple could be the answer for the Chicago Bears head coaching troubles. Enter Bobby Slowik. Bobby Slowik Profile Age: 37 Coaching Experience: Washington Defensive Assistant 2011-2013; San Francisco 49ers Defensive Quality Control/Offensive Assistant/Passing Game Specialist 2017-2022; Houston Texans Offensive Coordinator 2023-2024 NFL Head Coaching Experience? No One of the requirements that many fans want in the new head coach is an offensive minded personality. However, it would be better if they had someone who was well-rounded instead. Slowik has worked a lot on the defensive side of the ball so he has a good understanding of how that unit should operate. Slowik has a long history working with Shanahan. He started working under him with Washington from 2011-2013. He then reunited with him in San Francisco. He has a great understanding of what Shanahan’s system entails. He will, of course, add his own wrinkles, though. While Slowik is just 37 yards old, that could be a positive. He is young enough to relate well with with the players. Remember, Shanahan was just 38 when he took over as Niners head coach. Slowik also has experience working with a young highly-talented quarterback. He was instrumental in C.J. Stroud ‘s phenomenal rookie season. He tailored his system to Stroud’s skill set. Stroud led the Texans to a 10-7 record, the AFC South title, and a victory in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. He could do the same with Williams. Slowik’s experience on defense and his ability to work with Stroud gives him an advantage over many other candidates. USA Today had an article recently explaining just that. Slowik’s coaching background on the defensive side also gives him an inside track to a lot of schematic advantages over other candidates. Then there’s the whole “developing Stroud into a star” thing that should entice any franchise with a promising quarterback prospect on staff. Stroud has not been as great in his second campaign but the Houston offense has actually gotten a little bit better. The Texans ranked 13th in points in 2023. This season, they rank 11th. The result so far is a record of 8-5 and a two-game lead in their division with four games remaining in the season. Slowik quickly became a hot commodity last offseason during the head coaching cycle. He interviewed with the Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Commanders, Seattle Seahawks, and Tennessee Titans. He did not receive a job offer, probably because those teams worried that he could be a one-year wonder. Slowik is still succeeding in his second season so he could be a popular candidate this offseason. Perhaps he could be hired, maybe by the Chicago Bears. This article first appeared on ChiCitySports and was syndicated with permission.Ralph-Beyer puts up 20, Sacred Heart defeats Manhattanville 100-60

MITCHELL — A new season is on the horizon for a Mitchell High School girls basketball team that’ll bring a new look to the floor. It’s also one where the Kernels look to showcase the players’ athleticism. ADVERTISEMENT The idea comes from the height of the roster, of which Mitchell will have only two players to start the year who are 5-foot-8 or taller. Playing small ball is a familiar concept to the team, leading the Kernels to focus on other areas of the game with eagerness. Based on how practice has gone, third-year head coach Dave Brooks can tell the players are putting in hard work at the start, bringing optimism to this group. “They were ready to get to basketball,” Brooks said. “The kids are ready to go, like their attitude and they’re working hard so far. ... We’re pleased with the shape they came into the season with.” The Kernels also know they come into the year off last season’s run to the No. 2 overall seed in the Class AA playoffs. Mitchell went 20-4, winning the Eastern South Dakota Conference championship and finishing in sixth place in the state tournament for the second consecutive season. It was Mitchell's first 20-win season since 2013-14, and MHS has been 30-16 under Brooks the last two seasons. From last year’s campaign, three of Mitchell’s five starters and four of its seven players mainly used in rotation are back. In total, the Kernels return eight letterwinners to the girls basketball program, mostly freshmen and sophomores who’ll see time at both varsity and junior varsity, with their development over the season ultimately having an influence in the team’s final standings. “As the younger girls start to grow, we’ll be able to incorporate them into running our plays,” senior Makenzie Peterson said. “As soon as they get a hold of it, we’ll be able to substitute them in to get more legs running with what we’re going to be doing.” “We’re going to have to work together and not one person’s going to be able to do something,” added senior Lauren Van Overschelde. “We’re all going to have to chip in, but I think everyone knows that and is good with that.” ADVERTISEMENT Van Overschelde returns to the starting lineup with fellow senior Carsyn Weich and junior Addie Siemsen, the top returning scorer after averaging 12.3 points per game in a breakout sophomore season who recently committed to Division II Wayne State College. Peterson also returns as a steady presence who appeared off the bench last season, but after that, sophomore Matteah Graves is the only other player back having made more than five appearances in a game last season. Knowing there’s shoes to fill following both Sawyer Stoebner and Allison Meyerink’s graduations, it will be a learning process to everyone on the bench. “It’ll be a learning process not only for them, but for us as a coaching staff,” Brooks said, “Figuring out how we best get these kids in the game and what groups work, and it might be different every game, depending on who we play.” Mitchell hopes to get reinforcements by the new year, as sophomore Kenzie Hetland, listed at 6-foot-2, is working back from a strained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury she sustained towards the end of volleyball season. For now, the focus in practice has been locking in the team’s modified zone defense and creating takeaways in transition at a faster tempo than before in an effort to create scoring, going back to the athleticism the players hope to display each game. “We’re going to have to move fast and rely on how athletic we are,” Van Overschelde said. “We’re not going to be able to sit down on the offensive end and set up plays. Every single one of us trusts one another and we’ve worked hard every single day.” Mitchell begins the year against defending Class A state champion Vermillion at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, at the Corn Palace.

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December 28 - Colby Rogers made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 28 points as host Memphis defeated No. 16 Ole Miss 87-70 on Saturday afternoon. Rogers fouled out and finished one 3-pointer and one point short of his career-highs in both categories and Memphis never trailed. PJ Haggerty added 17 points, Dain Dainja had 16 and Moussa Cisse, an Ole Miss transfer who's in his second stint with the Tigers (10-3), had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Sean Pedulla scored 13, Jaylen Murray had 12 and Malik Dia added 11 to lead the Rebels (11-2), who had won their last five games. Memphis scored the first five points of the second half to increase its lead to 43-36. Pedulla made a layup for Ole Miss' first points, but Nicholas Jourdain made consecutive field goals to push the lead to nine. Mikeal Brown-Jones made two free throws for the Rebels before Haggerty made a 3-pointer and Cisse added a tip-in for a 52-40 lead. Pedulla made a jumper before Brown-Jones was ejected for committing a Flagrant 2 foul. Haggerty made both of the technical free throws and Rogers added two 3-pointers to push the lead to 16. Ole Miss got within 11 points four times, but couldn't get any closer until Matthew Murrell's dunk trimmed the lead to 76-67 with five minutes remaining. Rogers answered with a 3-pointer and Dainja added two field goals to increase the lead to 16. Murray made a free throw, but the Rebels didn't make a field goal during the final 5:32. The Tigers scored the first four points of the game and Haggerty had four as they opened a 9-2 lead. The Rebels made consecutive field goals before Memphis scored eight straight points for a 17-6 lead. Eduardo Klafke made a 3-pointer to end the run, but Rogers' 3-pointer helped the Tigers increase the lead to 27-14. Ole Miss scored the next seven points before Cisse's basket ended the run. The Rebels closed within four points four times Brown-Jones made two free throws to trim the lead to 38-36 at halftime. --Field Level Media Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — John Elway says any remorse over bypassing Josh Allen in the 2018 NFL draft is quickly dissipating with rookie Bo Nix's rapid rise, suggesting the Denver Broncos have finally found their next franchise quarterback. Elway said Nix, the sixth passer selected in April's draft, is an ideal fit in Denver with coach Sean Payton navigating his transition to the pros and Vance Joseph's defense serving as a pressure release valve for the former Oregon QB. “We’ve seen the progression of Bo in continuing to get better and better each week and Sean giving him more each week and trusting him more and more to where last week we saw his best game of the year,” Elway said in a nod to Nix's first game with 300 yards and four touchdown throws in a rout of Atlanta. For that performance, Nix earned his second straight NFL Rookie of the Week honor along with the AFC Offensive Player of the Week award. “I think the sky’s the limit," Elway said, “and that’s just going to continue to get better and better.” In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Elway also touted former coach Mike Shanahan's Hall of Fame credentials, spoke about the future of University of Colorado star and Heisman favorite Travis Hunter and discussed his ongoing bout with a chronic hand condition. Elway spent the last half of his decade as the Broncos’ GM in a futile search for a worthy successor to Peyton Manning, a pursuit that continued as he transitioned into a two-year consultant role that ended after the 2022 season. “You have all these young quarterbacks and you look at the ones that make it and the ones that don’t and it’s so important to have the right system and a coach that really knows how to tutelage quarterbacks, and Sean’s really good at that,” Elway said. “I think the combination of Bo’s maturity, having started 61 games in college, his athletic ability and his knowledge of the game has been such a tremendous help for him,'" Elway added. “But also Vance Joseph’s done a heck of a job on the defensive side to where all that pressure’s not being put on Bo and the offense to score all the time.” Payton and his staff have methodically expanded Nix’s repertoire and incorporated his speed into their blueprints. Elway lauded them for “what they’re doing offensively and how they’re breaking Bo into the NFL because it’s a huge jump and I think patience is something that goes a long way in the NFL when it comes down to quarterbacks.” Elway said he hopes to sit down with Nix at some point when things slow down for the rookie. Nix, whose six wins are one more than Elway had as a rookie, said he looks forward to meeting the man who won two Super Bowls during his Hall of Fame playing career and another from the front office. “He’s a legend not only here for this organization, but for the entire NFL," Nix said, adding, "most guys, they would love to have a chat with John Elway, just pick his brain. It’s just awesome that I’m even in that situation.” Orange Crush linebacker Randy Gradishar joined Elway in the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, something Elway called “way, way overdue.” Elway suggested it's also long past time for the Hall to honor Shanahan, who won back-to-back Super Bowls in Denver with Elway at QB and whose footprint you see every weekend in the NFL because of his expansive coaching tree. Elway called University of Colorado stars Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders “both great athletes." He said he really hopes Sanders gets drafted by a team that will bring him along like the Broncos have done with Nix and he sees Hunter being able to play both ways in the pros but not full time. Elway said he thinks Hunter will be primarily a corner in the NFL but with significant contributions on offense: “He's great at both. He's got great instincts, and that's what you need at corner." It's been five years since Elway announced he was dealing with Dupuytren’s contracture, a chronic condition that typically appears after age 40 and causes one or more fingers to permanently bend toward the palm. Elway's ring fingers on both hands were originally affected and he said now the middle finger on his right hand is starting to pull forward. So, he’ll get another injection of a drug called Xiaflex, which is the only FDA-approved non-surgical treatment, one that he's endorsing in an awareness campaign for the chronic condition that affects 17 million Americans. The condition can make it difficult to do everyday tasks such as shaking hands or picking up a coffee mug. Elway said what bothered him most was “I couldn't pick up a football and I could not imagine not being able to put my hand around a football." AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl